Hebrew Lexicon Strong's Concordance Definition

Strong's H398: אָכַל (ʼâkal) Definition

Strong's number
H398
Lemma
אָכַל
Transliteration
ʼâkal
Pronunciation
aw-kal'
Strong's definition
to eat (literally or figuratively) [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite. a primitive root;

700 instances of the word אָכַל ʼâkal (H398)


  • 1 Kings 18:19 - Now therefore send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty and the prophets of the groves four hundred which eat table at Jezebel's

  • 1 Kings 18:38 - fell Then the fire of the LORD and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust the water that was in the trench and licked up

  • 1 Kings 18:41 - said And Elijah unto Ahab Get thee up eat and drink for there is a sound of abundance of rain

  • 1 Kings 18:42 - went up So Ahab to eat and to drink And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel and he cast himself down upon the earth and put his face between his knees

  • 1 Kings 19:5 - And as he lay and slept juniper tree under a behold then an angel touched him and said unto him Arise and eat

  • 1 Kings 19:6 - And he looked at his head and behold there was a cake baken on the coals and a cruse of water And he did eat and drink again and laid him down

  • 1 Kings 19:7 - came again And the angel of the LORD the second time and touched him and said Arise and eat is too great because the journey

  • 1 Kings 19:8 - And he arose and did eat and drink in the strength of that meat and forty days and forty nights the mount of God unto Horeb

  • 1 Kings 19:21 - And he returned back after and took a yoke of oxen and slew with the instruments of oxen them and boiled their flesh and gave unto the people and they did eat Then he arose after Elijah and ministered

  • 1 Kings 21:4 - came And Ahab into his house heavy and displeased because of the word had spoken which Naboth the Jezreelite to him for he had said I will not give thee the inheritance of my fathers And he laid him down upon his bed and turned away his face and would eat no bread

  • 1 Kings 21:5 - came But Jezebel his wife to him and said unto him Why is thy spirit so sad that thou eatest no bread

  • 1 Kings 21:7 - said And Jezebel his wife unto him Dost thou now govern the kingdom of Israel arise and eat bread be merry and let thine heart I will give thee the vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite

  • 1 Kings 21:23 - And of Jezebel also spake the LORD saying The dogs shall eat And of Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel

  • 1 Kings 21:24 - Him that dieth of Ahab in the city eat the dogs Him that dieth in the field eat shall the fowls of the air

  • 1 Samuel 1:7 - And as he did by year by year when she went up to the house of the LORD so she provoked her therefore she wept and did not eat

  • 1 Samuel 1:8 - Then said Elkanah her husband to her Hannah why weepest thou and why eatest grieved thou not and why is thy heart am not I better to thee than ten sons

  • 1 Samuel 1:9 - rose up So Hannah after they had eaten in Shiloh after they had drunk Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD

  • 1 Samuel 1:18 - And she said find Let thine handmaid grace in thy sight So the woman her way and did eat and her countenance

  • 1 Samuel 2:36 - And it shall come to pass that every one that is left in thine house shall come and crouch to him for a piece of silver and a morsel of bread and shall say Put me I pray thee into one of the priests' offices that I may eat a piece of bread

  • 1 Samuel 9:13 - As soon as ye be come into the city ye shall straightway find Now therefore get you up to the high place they eat they eat for the people As soon as ye be come because he doth bless the sacrifice and afterwards ye shall straightway they eat that be bidden Now therefore get you up for about this time find