אׇכְלָה okhlah

Hebrew word for “food” · Strong’s H402 · used 18 times in 18 verses

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Meaning

1) food; 1a) food, eating; 1b) object of devouring, consuming; 1b1) by wild beasts (figurative); 1b2) in fire; 1b3) of judgment (figurative)

How it is translated

Glosses given for okhlah in context, with how often each is used:

• food 14
• fuel 3
• devouring 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Ezekiel 34 (3), Genesis 1 (2), Ezekiel 15 (2), Genesis 6 (1), Genesis 9 (1), Exodus 16 (1), Leviticus 11 (1), Leviticus 25 (1), Jeremiah 12 (1), Ezekiel 21 (1)

Forms

• לאכלה 18

Words used with it

Words that share verses with okhlah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַי chay “alive” 7
• שָׂדֶה sadeh “land” 5
• עֵשֶׂב esev “vegetation” 3
• כֶם khem “you” 5
• יֶרֶק yereq “green” 2
• עַיִט ayit “bird of prey” 2
• רָעָה raah “to pasture” 3
• אָסַף asaph “to gather” 3
• יְהֹוִה yehovih “YHWH/God” 3
• אֵשׁ esh “fire” 3
• אֲדֹנָי adonai “Lord” 3
• עוֹף oph “bird” 2

Key verses

The verses using okhlah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 1:29 — And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree…
• Genesis 9:3 — Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
• Exodus 16:15 — And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which…
• Jeremiah 12:9 — Mine heritage is unto me as a speckled bird, the birds round about are against her; come ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, come to devour.
• Ezekiel 15:6 — Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of…
• Ezekiel 23:37 — That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and with their idols have they committed adultery, and have also caused their sons, whom they…
• Ezekiel 29:5 — And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought…
• Ezekiel 34:5 — And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
• Ezekiel 34:8 — As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd,…
• Ezekiel 34:10 — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my flock at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the flock; neither…
• Ezekiel 35:12 — And thou shalt know that I am the LORD, and that I have heard all thy blasphemies which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid…
• Ezekiel 39:4 — Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy bands, and the people that is with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.