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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 Jehovah God causeth to sprout from the ground every tree desirable for appearance, and good for food, and the tree of life in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - And the woman seeth that the tree is good for food, and that it is pleasant to the eyes, and the tree is desirable to make one wise, and she taketh of its fruit and eateth, and giveth also to her husband with her, and he doth eat;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - 'And thou, take to thyself of all food that is eaten; and thou hast gathered unto thyself, and it hath been to thee and to them for food.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:17 - and in the uppermost basket are of all kinds of Pharaoh's food, work of a baker; and the birds are eating them out of the basket, from off my head.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:23 - 'And when ye come in unto the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then ye have reckoned as uncircumcised its fruit, three years it is to you uncircumcised, it is not eaten,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:20 - Only, the tree, which thou knowest that it is not a fruit-tree, it thou dost destroy, and hast cut down, and hast built a bulwark against the city which is making with thee war till thou hast subdued it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:26 - and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:14 - And he saith to them: 'Out of the eater came forth meat, And out of the strong came forth sweetness;' and they were not able to declare the riddle in three days.

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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 standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his butlers, and his burnt-offering that he causeth to ascend in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been in her any more spirit.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - And also those near unto them, unto Issachar, and Zebulun, and Naphtali, are bringing in bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen -- food of fine flour, fig-cakes and grape-cakes, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep, in abundance, for joy is 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 standing of his ministers, and their clothing, and his stewards, and their clothing, an his burnt-offering that he offered up in the house of Jehovah, and there hath not been any more spirit in her.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:11 - And he strengtheneth the bulwarks, and putteth in them leaders, and treasures of food, and oil, and wine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - and they give money to hewers and to artificers, and food, and drink, and oil to Zidonians and to Tyrians, to bring in cedar-trees from Lebanon unto the sea of Joppa, according to the permission of Cyrus king of Persia concerning them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:25 - And they capture fenced cities, and fat ground, and possess houses full of all good, digged-wells, vineyards, and olive-yards, and fruit-trees in abundance, and they eat, and are satisfied, and become fat, and delight themselves in Thy great goodness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - And his life hath nauseated bread, And his soul desirable food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:11 - Thou makest us food like sheep, And among nations Thou hast scattered us.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:14 - Thou hast broken the heads of leviathan, Thou makest him food, For the people of the dry places.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 79:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 79:2 - They gave the dead bodies of Thy servants Food for the fowls of the heavens, The flesh of Thy saints For the wild beast of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 - She doth prepare in summer her bread, She hath gathered in harvest her food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 62:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 62:8 - Sworn hath Jehovah by His right hand, Even by the arm of His strength: 'I give not thy corn any more as food for thine enemies, Nor do sons of a stranger drink thy new wine, For which thou hast laboured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 7:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:33 - And the carcase of this people hath been for food To a fowl of the heavens, and to a beast of the earth, And there is none troubling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:4 - Of painful deaths they die, They are not lamented, nor are they buried, For dung on the face of the ground they are, And by sword and by famine are consumed, And their carcase hath been for food To the fowl of the heavens, And to the beast of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:7 - And I have made void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place, and have caused them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hand of those seeking their life, and I have given their carcase for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 34:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:20 - yea, I have given them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those seeking their soul, and their carcase hath been for food to the fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:10 - And thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:12 - And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every kind of fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the chief of the eunuchs saith to Daniel, 'I am fearing my lord the king, who hath appointed your food and your drink, for why doth he see your faces sadder than those of the lads which are of your circle? then ye have made my head indebted to the king,'

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 1:16 - Therefore he doth sacrifice to his net, And doth make perfume to his drag, For by them is his portion fertile, and his food fat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Hag 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHag 2:12 - Lo, one doth carry holy flesh in the skirt of his garment, and he hath come with his skirt against the bread, or against the pottage, or against the wine, or against the oil, or against any food -- is it holy?' And the priests answer and say, 'No.'
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