אָכַל

a.khal

Hebrew H0398 Verb 810 occurrences in 701 verses
אָכַל to eat

1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed

a. (Qal)

1. to eat (human subject)

2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

3. to devour, consume (of fire)

4. to devour, slay (of sword)

5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

6. to devour (of oppression)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be eaten (by men)

2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

c. (Pual)

1. to cause to eat, feed with

2. to cause to devour

d. (Hiphil)

1. to feed

2. to cause to eat

e. (Piel)

1. consume

Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

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Concordance 701 verses

  1. Hosea 8:13 וַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּ

    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

  2. Hosea 8:14 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.

  3. Hosea 9:3 יֹאכֵֽלוּ׃

    They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

  4. Hosea 9:4 אֹכְלָ֖יו

    They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

  5. Hosea 10:13 אֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם

    You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,

  6. Hosea 11:4 אוֹכִֽיל׃

    I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

  7. Hosea 11:6 וְאָכָ֑לָה

    A sword will flash through their cities; it will destroy the bars of their gates and consume them in their own plans.

  8. Hosea 13:8 וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם

    Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast would tear them apart.

  9. Joel 1:4 אָכַ֣לאָכַ֣לאָכַ֖ל

    What the devouring locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten; what the swarming locust has left, the young locust has eaten; and what the young locust has left, the destroying locust has eaten.

  10. Joel 1:19 אָֽכְלָה֙

    To You, O LORD, I call, for fire has consumed the open pastures and flames have scorched all the trees of the field.

  11. Joel 1:20 אָכְלָ֖ה

    Even the beasts of the field pant for You, for the streams of water have dried up, and fire has consumed the open pastures.

  12. Joel 2:3 אָ֣כְלָה

    Before them a fire devours, and behind them a flame scorches. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is like a desert wasteland— surely nothing will escape them.

  13. Joel 2:5 אֹכְלָ֖ה

    With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

  14. Joel 2:25 אָכַ֣ל

    I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts— the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust — My great army that I sent against you.

  15. Joel 2:26 וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֤םאָכוֹל֙

    You will have plenty to eat, until you are satisfied. You will praise the name of the LORD your God, who has worked wonders for you. My people will never again be put to shame.

  16. Amos 1:4 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire upon the house of Hazael to consume the citadels of Ben-hadad.

  17. Amos 1:7 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire upon the walls of Gaza, to consume its citadels.

  18. Amos 1:10 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire upon the walls of Tyre to consume its citadels.”

  19. Amos 1:12 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire upon Teman to consume the citadels of Bozrah.”

  20. Amos 1:14 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will kindle a fire in the walls of Rabbah to consume its citadels amid war cries on the day of battle and a violent wind on the day of tempest.

  21. Amos 2:2 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire against Moab to consume the citadels of Kerioth. Moab will die in tumult, amid war cries and the sound of the ram’s horn.

  22. Amos 2:5 וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    So I will send fire upon Judah to consume the citadels of Jerusalem.”

  23. Amos 4:9 יֹאכַ֣ל

    “I struck you with blight and mildew in your growing gardens and vineyards; the locust devoured your fig and olive trees, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.

  24. Amos 5:6 וְאָכְלָ֥ה

    Seek the LORD and live, or He will sweep like fire through the house of Joseph; it will devour everything, with no one at Bethel to extinguish it.

  25. Amos 6:4 וְאֹכְלִ֤ים

    You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall.

  26. Amos 7:2 לֶֽאֱכוֹל֙

    And when the locusts had eaten every green plant in the land, I said, “Lord GOD, please forgive! How will Jacob survive, since he is so small?”

  27. Amos 7:4 וַתֹּ֙אכַל֙וְאָכְלָ֖ה

    This is what the Lord GOD showed me: The Lord GOD was calling for judgment by fire. It consumed the great deep and devoured the land.

  28. Amos 7:12 וֶאֱכָל־

    And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.

  29. Amos 9:14 וְאָכְל֖וּ

    I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

  30. Obadiah 1:18 וַאֲכָל֑וּם

    Then the house of Jacob will be a blazing fire, and the house of Joseph a burning flame; but the house of Esau will be stubble— Jacob will set it ablaze and consume it. Therefore no survivor will remain from the house of Esau.” For the LORD has spoken.

  31. Micah 3:3 אָכְלוּ֮

    You eat the flesh of my people after stripping off their skin and breaking their bones. You chop them up like flesh for the cooking pot, like meat in a cauldron.”

  32. Micah 6:14 תֹאכַל֙

    You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.

  33. Micah 7:1 לֶאֱכ֔וֹל

    Woe is me! For I am like one gathering summer fruit at the gleaning of the vineyard; there is no cluster to eat, no early fig that I crave.

  34. Nahum 1:10 אֻ֨כְּל֔וּ

    For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

  35. Nahum 2:13 תֹּ֣אכַל

    “Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will send your chariots up in smoke, and the sword will devour your young lions. I will cut off your prey from the earth, and the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”

  36. Nahum 3:12 אוֹכֵֽל׃

    All your fortresses are fig trees with the first ripe figs; when shaken, they fall into the mouth of the eater!

  37. Nahum 3:13 אָכְלָ֥ה

    Look at your troops— they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.

  38. Nahum 3:15 תֹּאכְלֵ֣ךְתֹּאכְלֵ֖ךְ

    There the fire will devour you; the sword will cut you down and consume you like a young locust. Make yourself many like the young locust; make yourself many like the swarming locust!

  39. Habakkuk 1:8 לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃

    Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour.

  40. Habakkuk 3:14 לֶאֱכֹ֥ל

    With his own spear You pierced his head, when his warriors stormed out to scatter us, gloating as though ready to secretly devour the weak.

  41. Zephaniah 1:18 תֵּאָכֵ֖ל

    Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.

  42. Zephaniah 3:8 תֵּאָכֵ֖ל

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

  43. Haggai 1:6 אָכ֤וֹל

    You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”

  44. Zechariah 7:6 תֹאכְל֖וּהָאֹ֣כְלִ֔ים

    And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?

  45. Zechariah 9:4 תֵּאָכֵֽל׃

    Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.

  46. Zechariah 9:15 וְאָכְל֗וּ

    The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.

  47. Zechariah 11:1 וְתֹאכַ֥ל

    Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

  48. Zechariah 11:9 תֹּאכַ֕לְנָה

    Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”

  49. Zechariah 11:16 יֹאכַ֔ל

    For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.

  50. Zechariah 12:6 וְאָ֨כְל֜וּ

    On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.

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