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Lexicon :: Strong's H3978 - ma'ăḵāl

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מַאֲכָל
Transliteration
ma'ăḵāl
Pronunciation
mah-ak-awl'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 85d

Strong’s Definitions

מַאֲכָל maʼăkâl, mah-ak-awl'; from H398; an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit):—food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x

The KJV translates Strong's H3978 in the following manner: meat (22x), food (5x), fruit (1x), manner (1x), victual (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 30x
The KJV translates Strong's H3978 in the following manner: meat (22x), food (5x), fruit (1x), manner (1x), victual (1x).

  1. food, fruit, meat

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַאֲכָל maʼăkâl, mah-ak-awl'; from H398; an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit):—food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.
STRONGS H3978: Abbreviations
† מַאֲכָל 30 noun masculineJudges 14:14 (feminine Habakkuk 1:16) food — מ׳ Genesis 2:9 + 21 times; construct מַאֲכַל Genesis 40:7 + 3 times; suffix מַאֲכָֽלְךָ Ezekiel 4:10; מַאֲכָלוֺ Habakkuk 1:16; מַאֲכָלָהּ Proverbs 6:8; מַאֲכַלְכֶם Daniel 1:10 — food, in general. Genesis 6:21; 1 Kings 10:5 2 Chronicles 9:4; Haggai 2:12; opposed to drink Ezra 3:7; 2 Chronicles 11:11; Daniel 1:10; מַאֲכַל תַּאֲוָה Job 33:20; figurative of peoples as fishes, food for Chaldeans Habakkuk 1:16; applied to fruit Genesis 2:9; Genesis 3:6 (of tree טוֺב לְמ׳) compare עֵץמֿ׳ Leviticus 19:23; Deuteronomy 20:20; Nehemiah 9:25; Ezekiel 47:12 (twice in verse); applied to דָּגָן Isaiah 62:8; applied to honey Judges 14:14; to flour 1 Chronicles 12:41 where apposition קֶמַח; to food of ants Proverbs 6:8 (|| לֶחֶם); to baker's work Genesis 40:17 compare Ezekiel 4:10; applied to carcasses, as food for beasts & birds of prey Deuteronomy 28:26; Psalm 79:2; compare Psalm 44:12 (צאֹן מ׳, simile of suffering people) Jeremiah 7:33; Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 19:7; Jeremiah 34:20; Psalm 74:14.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:9; 2:9; 3:6; 6:21; 40:7; 40:17

Leviticus

19:23

Deuteronomy

20:20; 28:26

Judges

14:14; 14:14

1 Kings

10:5

2 Chronicles

9:4; 11:11

Ezra

3:7

Nehemiah

9:25

Job

33:20

Psalms

44:12; 74:14; 79:2

Proverbs

6:8; 6:8

Isaiah

62:8

Jeremiah

7:33; 16:4; 19:7; 34:20

Ezekiel

4:10; 4:10; 47:12

Daniel

1:10; 1:10

Habakkuk

1:16; 1:16; 1:16

Haggai

2:12

H3978

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3978 matches the Hebrew מַאֲכָל (ma'ăḵāl),
which occurs 30 times in 29 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:9 - And out of the ground made Jehovah God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat; and she gave also unto her husband with her, and he did eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 - And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only the trees of which thou knowest that they are not trees for food, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it fall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - And he said unto them,
Out of the eater came forth food,
And out of the strong came forth sweetness.
And they could not in three days declare the riddle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, and his cupbearers, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh unto them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, victuals of meal, cakes of figs, and clusters of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep in abundance: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - and the food of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel, his cupbearers also, and their apparel, and his ascent by which he went up unto the house of Jehovah; there was no more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - And he fortified the strongholds, and put captains in them, and stores of victuals, and oil and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and food, and drink, and oil, unto them of Sidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, unto Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit-trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -
So that his life abhorreth bread,
And his soul dainty food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 -
Thou hast made us like sheep appointed for food,
And hast scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 -
Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces;
Thou gavest him to be food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 -
The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be food unto the birds of the heavens,
The flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 -
Provideth her bread in the summer,
And gathereth her food in the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - Jehovah hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy grain to be food for thine enemies; and foreigners shall not drink thy new wine, for which thou hast labored:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - And the dead bodies of this people shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - They shall die grievous deaths: they shall not be lamented, neither shall they be buried; they shall be as dung upon the face of the ground; and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies will I give to be food for the birds of the heavens, and for the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life; and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the birds of the heavens, and to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow every tree for food, whose leaf shall not whither, neither shall the fruit thereof fail: it shall bring forth new fruit every month, because the waters thereof issue out of the sanctuary; and the fruit thereof shall be for food, and the leaf thereof for healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse looking than the youths that are of your own age? so would ye endanger my head with the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 - Therefore he sacrificeth unto his net, and burneth incense unto his drag; because by them his portion is fat, and his food plenteous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - If one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and with his skirt do touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or oil, or any food, shall it become holy? And the priests answered and said, No.
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