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Lexicon :: Strong's H402 - 'āḵlâ

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אָכְלָה
Transliteration
'āḵlâ
Pronunciation
ok-law'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 85b

Strong’s Definitions

אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x

The KJV translates Strong's H402 in the following manner: meat (8x), devour (3x), fuel (3x), eat (2x), consume (1x), food (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 18x
The KJV translates Strong's H402 in the following manner: meat (8x), devour (3x), fuel (3x), eat (2x), consume (1x), food (1x).

  1. food

    1. food, eating

    2. object of devouring, consuming

      1. by wild beasts (figurative)

      2. in fire

      3. of judgment (figurative)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אׇכְלָה ʼoklâh, ok-law'; feminine of H401; food:—consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
STRONGS H402: Abbreviations
אָכְלָה 17 noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare DrJPh xi. 217) only P, & Ezekiel; always לְאָכְלָה.
1. especially in phrase like לָכֶם יִהְיֶה לְאָ׳ Genesis 1:29; Genesis 6:21; Genesis 9:3; Leviticus 11:39; so Leviticus 25:6 וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָבְלָה compare נָתַן לְא׳ Genesis 1:30; Exodus 16:15.
2. devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 34:5, 8, 10; Ezekiel 39:4, compare Ezekiel 35:12.
3. consumimg, in fire Ezekiel 15:4, 6, of fire-sacrifice of children Ezekiel 23:37; figurative of judgment of י׳ Ezekiel 21:37; (compare also infinitive of אָכַל).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:29; 1:30; 6:21; 9:3

Exodus

16:15

Leviticus

11:39; 25:6

Ezekiel

15:4; 15:6; 23:37; 29:5; 34:5; 34:8; 34:10; 35:12; 39:4

H402

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H402 matches the Hebrew אָכְלָה ('āḵlâ),
which occurs 18 times in 18 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:29 - And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for food:

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:30 - and to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the heavens, and to everything that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for food: and it was so.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 6:21 - And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:3 - Every moving thing that liveth shall be food for you; as the green herb have I given you all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:15 - And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is it? For they knew not what it was. And Moses said unto them, It is the bread which Jehovah hath given you to eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 11:39 - And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcass thereof shall be unclean until the even.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you; for thee, and for thy servant and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant and for thy stranger, who sojourn with thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:9 - Is my heritage unto me as a speckled bird of prey? are the birds of prey against her round about? go ye, assemble all the beasts of the field, bring them to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:4 - Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire hath devoured both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned: is it profitable for any work?

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 15:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 15:6 - Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: As the vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:32 - Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I, Jehovah, have spoken it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:37 - For they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands; and with their idols have they committed adultery; and they have also caused their sons, whom they bare unto me, to pass through the fire unto them to be devoured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:5 - And I will cast thee forth into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open field; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered; I have given thee for food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:5 - And they were scattered, because there was no shepherd; and they became food to all the beasts of the field, and were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:8 - As I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely forasmuch as my sheep became a prey, and my sheep became food to all the beasts of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my sheep, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my sheep;

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:10 - Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I am against the shepherds; and I will require my sheep at their hand, and cause them to cease from feeding the sheep; neither shall the shepherds feed themselves any more; and I will deliver my sheep from their mouth, that they may not be food for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 35:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 35:12 - And thou shalt know that I, Jehovah, have heard all thy revilings which thou hast spoken against the mountains of Israel, saying, They are laid desolate, they are given us to devour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 39:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 39:4 - Thou shalt fall upon the mountains of Israel, thou, and all thy hordes, and the peoples that are with thee: I will give thee unto the ravenous birds of every sort, and to the beasts of the field to be devoured.
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