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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 - The LORD God made all kinds of trees grow out of the ground—trees that were pleasing to the eye and good for food. In the middle of the garden were the tree of life 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 - When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - You are to take every kind of food that is to be eaten and store it away as food for you and for them.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - In the top basket were all kinds of baked goods for Pharaoh, but 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 any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[fn] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[fn]; it must not be eaten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - However, you may cut down trees that you know are not fruit trees and use them to build siege works until the city at war with you falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, 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 - He replied, “Out of the eater, something to eat; out of the strong, something sweet.” For three days they could not give the answer.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 10:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 10:5 - the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he made at[fn] the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:4 - the food on his table, the seating of his officials, the attending servants in their robes, the cupbearers in their robes and the burnt offerings he made at[fn] the temple of the LORD, she was overwhelmed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - He strengthened their defenses and put commanders in them, with supplies of food, olive 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 carpenters, and gave food and drink and olive oil to the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar logs by sea from Lebanon to Joppa, as authorized by Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - They captured fortified cities and fertile land; they took possession of houses filled with all kinds of good things, wells already dug, vineyards, olive groves and fruit trees in abundance. They ate to the full and were well-nourished; they reveled in your great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - so that their body finds food repulsive and their soul loathes the choicest meal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - You gave us up to be devoured like sheep and have scattered us among the nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 - yet it stores its provisions in summer and gathers its food at harvest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - The LORD has sworn by his right hand and by his mighty arm: “Never again will I give your grain as food for your enemies, and never again will foreigners drink the new wine for which you have toiled;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - Then the carcasses of this people will become food for the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to 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 mourned or buried but will be like dung lying on the ground. They will perish by sword and famine, and their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - “ ‘In this place I will ruin[fn] the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who want to kill them. Their dead bodies will become food for the birds and the wild animals.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - Weigh out twenty shekels[fn] of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - but the official told Daniel, “I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your[fn] food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 - Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - If someone carries consecrated meat in the fold of their garment, and that fold touches some bread or stew, some wine, olive oil or other food, does it become consecrated?’ ” The priests answered, “No.”
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