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Lexicon :: Strong's H400 - 'ōḵel

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אֹכֶל
Transliteration
'ōḵel
Pronunciation
o'-kel
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 85a

Strong’s Definitions

אֹכֶל ʼôkel, o'-kel; from H398; food:—eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x

The KJV translates Strong's H400 in the following manner: meat (18x), food (16x), eating (4x), victuals (3x), prey (2x), mealtime (with H6256) (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 44x
The KJV translates Strong's H400 in the following manner: meat (18x), food (16x), eating (4x), victuals (3x), prey (2x), mealtime (with H6256) (1x).

  1. food

    1. cereal

    2. meat

  2. food supply

  3. meal, dinner

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֹכֶל ʼôkel, o'-kel; from H398; food:—eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
STRONGS H400: Abbreviations
אֹ֫כֶל 40 noun masculineGenesis 41:36 food (Arabic أُكْلً, Aramaic אוּכְלָא, HkuvA, Assyrian akalu DlW, Ethiopic አክል፡) — א׳ absolute Genesis 41:35 +; construct Genesis 41:35, 48; suffix אָכְלֶ֑ךָ Leviticus 25:37; אָכְלו Malachi 1:12, etc.; — Hexateuch mostly J E D, not Ezekiel — food, food-supply, especially cereals of store in Egypt Genesis 41:35 (twice in verse) + 12 times Genesis 41-44; Genesis 47:24; compare Genesis 14:11(JE); also Leviticus 11:34; Leviticus 25:37 (P) Deuteronomy 2:6, 28 (D); נֶשֶׁךְ א׳ usury of food Deuteronomy 23:20 (D) (|| כֶּסֶף נ׳, etc.); לְעֵת הָאֹבֶל at meal-time Ruth 2:14; in poetry + 17 times; — food Psalm 107:18; of offerings Malachi 1:12; particular food Job 12:11 (as tasted); Job 36:31 (as given by God) so Psalm 145:15; לְהָשִׁיב נָפֶ֑שׁ א׳ Lamentations 1:11 compare Lamentations 1:19; especially cereals Proverbs 13:23; Joel 1:16; Habakkuk 3:17; but also flesh Psalm 78:18; Psalm 78:30; of food (prey) of wild animals Psalm 104:21 (|| טרף) Psalm 104:27; of prey of eagles Job 9:26; Job 39:29; ravens Job 38:41.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

14:11; 41; 41:35; 41:35; 41:35; 41:36; 41:48; 42; 43; 44; 47:24

Leviticus

11:34; 25:37; 25:37

Deuteronomy

2:6; 2:28; 23:20

Ruth

2:14

Job

9:26; 12:11; 36:31; 38:41; 39:29

Psalms

78:18; 78:30; 104:21; 104:27; 107:18; 145:15

Proverbs

13:23

Lamentations

1:11; 1:19

Joel

1:16

Habakkuk

3:17

Malachi

1:12; 1:12

H400

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H400 matches the Hebrew אֹכֶל ('ōḵel),
which occurs 44 times in 41 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 14:11 - Then the victors took all the possessions of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food supply and provisions and left.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35 - “Let them gather [as a tax] all [of the fifth of] the food of these good years that are coming, and store up grain under the direction and authority of Pharaoh, and let them guard the food [in fortified granaries] in the cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - “That food shall be put [in storage] as a reserve for the land against the seven years of famine and hunger which will occur in the land of Egypt, so that the land (people) will not be ravaged during the famine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - And Joseph gathered all the [surplus] food of the seven [good] years in the land of Egypt and stored [enormous quantities of] the food in the cities. He stored away in every city the food [collected] from its own surrounding fields.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but [hiding his identity] he treated them as strangers and [fn]spoke harshly to them. He said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:10 - But they said to him, “No, my lord, for your servants have [only] come to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - And it happened that when the families of Jacob’s sons had finished eating [all of] the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - “If you will send our brother with us, we will go down [to Egypt] and buy you food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down here the first time to buy food;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:22 - “We have also brought down with us additional money to buy food; we do not know who put our money [back] in our sacks [last time].”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 -

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s [grain] money in the mouth of the sack.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - “Our father said, ‘Go back [to Egypt], and buy us a little food.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - “At harvest time [when you reap the increase] you shall give one-fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be your own to use for seed for the field and as food for you and those of your households and for your little ones.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - ‘Now if the household is too small for a lamb [to be consumed], let him and his next door neighbor take one according to the number of people [in the households]; according to what each man can eat, you are to divide the lamb.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Let every man gather as much of it as he needs. Take an [fn]omer for each person, according to the number of people each of you has in his tent.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured it with an omer, he who had gathered a large amount had no excess, and he who had gathered little had no lack; every man gathered according to his need (family size).

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - So they gathered it every morning, each as much as he needed, because when the sun was hot it melted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - ‘Any of the food which may be eaten, but on which [unclean] water falls, shall become unclean, and any liquid that may be drunk in every container shall become unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:37 - ‘You shall not give him your money at interest, nor your food at a profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - “You shall buy food from them with money so that you may [have something to] eat, and you shall also buy water from them with money so that you may [have something to] drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - ‘You will sell me food for money so that I [along with my people] will eat, and you will give me water for money so that I [along with my people] will drink; only let me [and my people] travel through [the land] on foot,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 -

“You shall not charge interest to your fellow Israelite—interest on money, food or anything that may be loaned for interest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:14 -

At mealtime Boaz said to her, “Come over here and eat some bread and dip your bread in the vinegar.” So she sat beside the reapers; and he served her roasted grain, and she ate until she was satisfied and she had some left [for Naomi].

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 -

“They pass by like the [swift] boats made of reeds,

Like an eagle that swoops down on its prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 -

“Does the ear not put words to the test,

Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:21 -

“There is nothing left of what he devoured;

Therefore his prosperity does not endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:31 -

“For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples;

He gives food in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 -

“Who provides prey for the raven

When its young cry to God

And wander about without food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 -

“From there he spies out the prey;

His eyes see it from far away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 -

And in their hearts they put God to the test

By asking for food according to their [selfish] appetite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 -

Before they had satisfied their desire,

And while their food was in their mouths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 -

The young lions roar after their prey

And seek their food from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 -

They all wait for You

To give them their food in its appointed season.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 -

They detested all kinds of food,

And they drew near to the gates of death.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 145:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 145:15 -

The eyes of all look to You [in hopeful expectation],

And You give them their food in due time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23 -

Abundant food is in the fallow (uncultivated) ground of the poor,

But [without protection] it is swept away by injustice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 -

All her people groan, seeking bread;

They have exchanged their desirable and precious things for food

To restore their lives.

“See, O LORD, and consider

How despised and repulsive I have become!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 -

“I [Jerusalem] called to my lovers (political allies), but they deceived me.

My priests and my elders perished in the city

While they looked for food to restore their strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 -

Has not the food been cut off before our eyes,

Joy and gladness from the house of our God?

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Unchecked Copy Box Hab 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHab 3:17 -

Though the fig tree does not blossom

And there is no fruit on the vines,

Though the yield of the olive fails

And the fields produce no food,

Though the flock is cut off from the fold

And there are no cattle in the stalls,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you [priests] profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is to be despised.’
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