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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.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

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 - The four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food; then they went away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:35 - They should collect all the food of these good years that are coming and store up the grain under the authority of Pharaoh, to be kept in the cities for food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - This food should be held in reserve for the country, to be used during the seven years of famine that will come upon Egypt, so that the country may not be ruined by the famine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:48

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:48 - Joseph collected all the food produced in those seven years of abundance in Egypt and stored it in the cities. In each city he put the food grown in the fields surrounding it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:7 - As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:10 - “No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:2 - So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:4 - If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:20 - “We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we 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 additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in our sacks.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 - Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - “Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:24 - But when the crop comes in, give a fifth of it to Pharaoh. The other four-fifths you may keep as seed for the fields and as food for yourselves and your households and your children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:4 - If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:16 - This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Everyone is to gather as much as they need. Take an omer[fn] for each person you have in your tent.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And when they measured it by the omer, the one who gathered much did not have too much, and the one who gathered little did not have too little. Everyone had gathered just as much as they needed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:21 - Each morning everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:34 - Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:37 - You must not lend them money at interest or sell them food at a profit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:6 - You are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:28 - Sell us food to eat and water to drink for their price in silver. Only let us pass through on foot—

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 23:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:19 - Do not charge a fellow Israelite interest, whether on money or food or anything else that may earn 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. Have some bread and dip it in the wine vinegar.” When she sat down with the harvesters, he offered her some roasted grain. She ate all she wanted and had some left over.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:26 - They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:11 - Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:21 - Nothing is left for him to devour; his prosperity will not endure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:31 - This is the way he governs[fn] the nations and provides food in abundance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:41 - Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 39:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 39:29 - From there it looks for food; its eyes detect it from afar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:18 - They willfully put God to the test by demanding the food they craved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:30 - But before they turned from what they craved, even while the food was still in their mouths,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:21 - The lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 104:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:27 - All creatures look to you to give them their food at the proper time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:18 - They loathed all food and drew near 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, and you give them their food at the proper time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:23 - An unplowed field produces food for the poor, but injustice sweeps it away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:11 - All her people groan as they search for bread; they barter their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. “Look, LORD, and consider, for I am despised.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:19 - “I called to my allies but they betrayed me. My priests and my elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:16 - Has not the food been cut off before our very 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 bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mal 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMal 1:12 - “But you profane it by saying, ‘The Lord’s table is defiled,’ and, ‘Its food is contemptible.’
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