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)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 701 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 9:19 וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֥ם

    “I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.

  2. 1 Samuel 9:24 אֱכֹ֔לוַיֹּ֧אכַל

    So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.

  3. 1 Samuel 14:24 יֹ֨אכַל

    Now the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.

  4. 1 Samuel 14:28 יֹ֥אכַל

    Then one of the soldiers told him, “Your father bound the troops with a solemn oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food today.’ That is why the people are faint.”

  5. 1 Samuel 14:30 אָכֹ֨לאָכַ֤ל

    How much better it would have been if the troops had eaten freely today from the plunder they took from their enemies! Would not the slaughter of the Philistines have been much greater?”

  6. 1 Samuel 14:32 וַיֹּ֥אכַל

    So they rushed greedily to the plunder, taking sheep, cattle, and calves. They slaughtered them on the ground and ate meat with the blood still in it.

  7. 1 Samuel 14:33 לֶאֱכֹ֣ל

    Then someone reported to Saul: “Look, the troops are sinning against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.” “You have broken faith,” said Saul. “Roll a large stone over here at once.”

  8. 1 Samuel 14:34 וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֔םלֶאֱכֹ֣ל

    Then he said, “Go among the troops and tell them, ‘Each man must bring me his ox or his sheep, slaughter them in this place, and then eat. Do not sin against the LORD by eating meat with the blood still in it.’” So that night everyone brought his ox and slaughtered it there.

  9. 1 Samuel 20:5 לֶאֱכ֑וֹל

    So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

  10. 1 Samuel 20:24 לֶאֱכֽוֹל׃

    So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

  11. 1 Samuel 20:34 אָכַ֞ל

    Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

  12. 1 Samuel 28:20 אָכַל֙

    Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.

  13. 1 Samuel 28:22 וֶאֱכ֑וֹל

    Now please listen to your servant and let me set a morsel of bread before you so you may eat and have the strength to go on your way.”

  14. 1 Samuel 28:23 אֹכַ֔ל

    Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.

  15. 1 Samuel 28:25 וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ

    She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.

  16. 1 Samuel 30:11 וַיֹּ֔אכַל

    Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

  17. 1 Samuel 30:12 וַיֹּ֔אכַלאָ֤כַל

    a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

  18. 1 Samuel 30:16 אֹכְלִ֤ים

    So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

  19. 2 Samuel 2:26 תֹּ֣אכַל

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

  20. 2 Samuel 9:7 תֹּ֥אכַל

    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

  21. 2 Samuel 9:10 וַאֲכָל֔וֹיֹאכַ֥ל

    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

  22. 2 Samuel 9:11 אֹכֵל֙

    And Ziba said to the king, “Your servant will do all that my lord the king has commanded.” So Mephibosheth ate at David’s table like one of the king’s own sons.

  23. 2 Samuel 9:13 אֹכֵ֑ל

    So Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem, because he always ate at the king’s table, and he was lame in both feet.

  24. 2 Samuel 11:11 לֶאֱכֹ֥ל

    Uriah answered, “The ark and Israel and Judah are dwelling in tents, and my master Joab and his soldiers are camped in the open field. How can I go to my house to eat and drink and sleep with my wife? As surely as you live, and as your soul lives, I will not do such a thing!”

  25. 2 Samuel 11:13 וַיֹּ֧אכַל

    Then David invited Uriah to eat and drink with him, and he got Uriah drunk. And in the evening Uriah went out to lie down on his cot with his master’s servants, but he did not go home.

  26. 2 Samuel 11:25 תֹּאכַ֣ל

    Then David told the messenger, “Say this to Joab: ‘Do not let this matter upset you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Strengthen your attack against the city and demolish it.’ Encourage him with these words.”

  27. 2 Samuel 12:3 תֹאכַ֜ל

    but the poor man had nothing except one small ewe lamb that he had bought. He raised it, and it grew up with him and his children. It shared his food and drank from his cup; it slept in his arms and was like a daughter to him.

  28. 2 Samuel 12:20 וַיֹּאכַֽל׃

    Then David got up from the ground, washed and anointed himself, changed his clothes, and went into the house of the LORD and worshiped. Then he went to his own house, and at his request they set food before him, and he ate.

  29. 2 Samuel 12:21 וַתֹּ֥אכַל

    “What is this you have done?” his servants asked. “While the child was alive, you fasted and wept, but when he died, you got up and ate.”

  30. 2 Samuel 13:5 וְאָכַלְתִּ֖י

    Jonadab told him, “Lie down on your bed and pretend you are ill. When your father comes to see you, say to him, ‘Please let my sister Tamar come and give me something to eat. Let her prepare it in my sight so I may watch her and eat it from her hand.’”

  31. 2 Samuel 13:9 לֶאֱכ֑וֹל

    Then she brought the pan and set it down before him, but he refused to eat. “Send everyone away!” said Amnon. And everyone went out.

  32. 2 Samuel 13:11 לֶֽאֱכֹ֑ל

    And when she had brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, “Come lie with me, my sister!”

  33. 2 Samuel 16:2 לֶאֱכ֣וֹל

    “Why do you have these?” asked the king. Ziba replied, “The donkeys are for the king’s household to ride, the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat, and the wine is to refresh those who become exhausted in the wilderness.”

  34. 2 Samuel 17:29 לֶאֱכ֑וֹל

    honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

  35. 2 Samuel 18:8 לֶאֱכֹ֣לאָכְלָ֛ה

    The battle spread over the whole countryside, and that day the forest devoured more people than the sword.

  36. 2 Samuel 19:28 בְּאֹכְלֵ֖י

    For all the house of my grandfather deserves death from my lord the king, yet you have set your servant among those who eat at your table. What further right, then, do I have to keep appealing to the king?”

  37. 2 Samuel 19:35 אֹכַל֙

    I am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?

  38. 2 Samuel 19:42 הֶאָכ֤וֹלאָכַ֙לְנוּ֙

    And all the men of Judah replied to the men of Israel, “We did this because the king is our relative. Why does this anger you? Have we ever eaten at the king’s expense or received anything for ourselves?”

  39. 2 Samuel 22:9 תֹּאכֵ֑ל

    Smoke rose from His nostrils, and consuming fire came from His mouth; glowing coals blazed forth.

  40. 1 Kings 1:25 אֹכְלִ֥ים

    For today he has gone down and sacrificed an abundance of oxen, fattened calves, and sheep, and has invited all the sons of the king, the commanders of the army, and Abiathar the priest. And behold, they are eating and drinking before him, saying, ‘Long live King Adonijah!’

  41. 1 Kings 1:41 לֶאֱכֹ֑ל

    Now Adonijah and all his guests were finishing their feast when they heard the sound of the ram’s horn. “Why is the city in such a loud uproar?” asked Joab.

  42. 1 Kings 2:7 בְּאֹכְלֵ֣י

    But show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

  43. 1 Kings 4:20 אֹכְלִ֥ים

    The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.

  44. 1 Kings 13:8 אֹ֤כַל

    But the man of God replied, “If you were to give me half your possessions, I still would not go with you, nor would I eat bread or drink water in this place.

  45. 1 Kings 13:9 תֹ֥אכַל

    For this is what I was commanded by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water or return by the way you came.’”

  46. 1 Kings 13:15 וֶאֱכֹ֖ל

    So the prophet said to the man of God, “Come home with me and eat some bread.”

  47. 1 Kings 13:16 אֹ֣כַל

    But the man replied, “I cannot return with you or eat bread or drink water with you in this place.

  48. 1 Kings 13:17 תֹאכַ֣ל

    For I have been told by the word of the LORD: ‘You must not eat bread or drink water there or return by the way you came.’”

  49. 1 Kings 13:18 וְיֹ֥אכַל

    Then the prophet replied, “I too am a prophet like you, and an angel spoke to me by the word of the LORD, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, so that he may eat bread and drink water.’” The old prophet was lying to him,

  50. 1 Kings 13:19 וַיֹּ֥אכַל

    but the man of God went back with him, ate bread in his house, and drank water.

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