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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 Yahweh God caused to grow every tree that is desirable in appearance and good for food H3978; 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 - Then the woman saw that the tree was good for food H3978, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was desirable to make one wise, so she took from its fruit and ate; and she gave also to her husband with her, and he ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - “As for you, take for yourself some of all food H3978 which is edible, and gather it to yourself; and it shall be for food for you and for them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the top basket there were some of all [fn]sorts of baked food H3978 for Pharaoh, and the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 -

‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food H3978, then you shall designate their fruit as [fn]forbidden. Three years it shall be [fn]forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - “Only the trees which you know are not trees for food H3978 you shall destroy and cut down, that you may build siegeworks against the city that is making war with you until it falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - “And your carcasses will be food H3978 to all birds of the sky and to the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - So he said to them,

“Out of the eater came something H3978 to H3978 eat H3978,

And out of the strong came something sweet.”

But they could not tell the riddle in three days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - the food H3978 of his table, the seating of his servants, the disposition of his attendants and their attire, his cupbearers, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of Yahweh, so that there was no more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules, and on oxen, great provisions H3978 of flour, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen, and sheep. There was gladness indeed in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food H3978 at his table, the seating of his servants, the disposition of his attendants and their attire, his cupbearers and their attire, and [fn]his stairway by which he went up to the house of Yahweh, so that there was no more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He also strengthened the fortresses and put officers in them and stores of food H3978, oil and wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave money to the masons and [fn]carpenters, and food H3978, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and to the Tyrians, to bring cedar wood from Lebanon to the sea at Joppa, according to the permission they had [fn]from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 -

“They captured fortified cities and a [fn]rich [fn]land.

They took possession of houses full of every good thing,

Hewn cisterns, vineyards, olive groves,

Trees for food H3978 in abundance.

So they ate, were filled, and grew fat,

And reveled in Your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 -

So that his life loathes bread,

And his soul favorite food H3978.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 -

You give us as sheep [fn]to be eaten H3978

And have scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 -

You crushed the heads of [fn]Leviathan;

You gave him as food H3978 for the [fn]creatures of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 -

They have given the dead bodies of Your slaves for food H3978 to the birds of the heavens,

The flesh of Your holy ones to the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 -

Prepares her food in the summer

And gathers her provision H3978 in the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 -

Yahweh has sworn by His right hand and by His strong arm,

“I will never again give your grain as food H3978 for your enemies;

Nor will [fn]foreigners drink your new wine for which you have labored.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - “The dead bodies of this people will be food H3978 for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - “They will die of deadly diseases; they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food H3978 for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “I will empty out the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem to the point of destruction in this place, and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies and by the hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food H3978 for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - And I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food H3978 for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - “And your food H3978 which you eat shall be [fn]twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - “And by the river on its bank, on one side and on the other, will grow all kinds of trees for food H3978. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not [fn]fail. They will bear every month because their water flows out from the sanctuary, and their fruit will be for food H3978 and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the commander of the officials said to Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has appointed your food H3978 and your drink; for why should he see your faces looking more haggard than the youths who are your own age? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit my head to the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 -

Therefore they offer a sacrifice to their net

And [fn]burn incense to their fishing net

Because through these things their portion is rich

And their food H3978 is fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - ‘If a man carries holy meat in the [fn]fold of his garment and touches bread with [fn]this fold or cooked food, wine, oil, or any other food H3978, will it become holy?’” And the priests answered, “No.”
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