אָכַל
to eat
also: devour, burn up, feed fuller range ↓
H398
Strong's Hebrew
ʼâkal
Transliteration
/aw-kal'/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
815
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to eat, devour, burn up, feed
- (Qal)
- to eat (human subject)
- to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
- to devour, consume (of fire)
- to devour, slay (of sword)
- to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects i.e., pestilence, drought)
- to devour (of oppression)
- (Niphal)
- to be eaten (by men)
- to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
- to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
- (Pual)
- to cause to eat, feed with
- to cause to devour
- (Hiphil)
- to feed
- to cause to eat
- (Piel)
- consume
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘eat’
- Niphal
- Usually the simple passive or reflexive of the Qal (“he was written”). Here: ‘be eaten by man Ex 12’
- Qal Passive
- An archaic passive of the Qal, preserved in a few forms.
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘cause to eat’
- Piel
- An intensive or resultative active stem.
Form
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 74 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 74 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 72 times (9%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural 55 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 53 times (7%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Singular 41 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Feminine, Singular 39 times (5%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 31 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 28 times (3%)
+66 more forms (422 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 815 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 3 of 4 — showing verses 401–600 of 703 distinct verses where H398 appears, across 38 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
2 Chronicles 7 verses
- 2 Chronicles 7:13 לֶ/אֱכ֣וֹל prep + Qal inf.cs If I shut up the sky so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
- 2 Chronicles 18:26 וְ/הַאֲכִלֻ֜/הוּ conj + Hiphil impv 2mp + sfx pers 3ms and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.
- 2 Chronicles 28:15 וַ/יַּאֲכִל֨וּ/ם conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3mp The men who have been mentioned by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all who were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them on donkeys, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brothers: then they returned to Samaria.
- 2 Chronicles 30:18 אָכְל֥וּ Qal pf 3cp For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the Passover otherwise than it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, The good Yahweh pardon everyone
- 2 Chronicles 30:22 וַ/יֹּאכְל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Hezekiah spoke comfortably to all the Levites who had good understanding [in the service] of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- 2 Chronicles 31:10 אָכ֨וֹל Qal inf.abs Azariah the chief priest, of the house of Zadok, answered him and said, Since [the people] began to bring the offerings into the house of Yahweh, we have eaten and had enough, and have left plenty: for Yahweh has blessed his people; and that which is left is this great store.
Ezra 4 verses
- Ezra 2:63 יֹאכְל֖וּ Qal impf 3mp The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.
- Ezra 6:21 וַ/יֹּאכְל֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Israel who had come again out of the captivity, and all such as had separated themselves to them from the filthiness of the nations of the land, to seek Yahweh, the God of Israel, ate,
- Ezra 9:12 וַ/אֲכַלְתֶּם֙ conj + Qal wpf 2mp now therefore don't give your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters to your sons, nor seek their peace or their prosperity forever; that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children forever.
- Ezra 10:6 אָכַל֙ Qal pf 3ms Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Jehohanan the son of Eliashib: and [when] he came there, he ate no bread, nor drink water; for he mourned because of the trespass of them of the captivity.
Nehemiah 9 verses
- Nehemiah 2:3 אֻכְּל֥וּ Qal Passive pf 3cp I said to the king, Let the king live forever: why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' tombs, lies waste, and the gates of it are consumed with fire?
- Nehemiah 2:13 אֻכְּל֥וּ Qal Passive pf 3cp I went out by night by the valley gate, even toward the jackal's well, and to the dung gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates of it were consumed with fire.
- Nehemiah 5:2 וְ/נֹאכְלָ֥ה conj + Qal coh 1cp For there were that said, We, our sons and our daughters, are many: let us get grain, that we may eat and live.
- Nehemiah 5:14 אָכַֽלְתִּי Qal pf 1cs Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, [that is], twelve years, I and my brothers have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 7:65 יֹאכְל֖וּ Qal impf 3mp The governor said to them, that they should not eat of the most holy things, until there stood up a priest with Urim and Thummim.
- Nehemiah 8:10 אִכְל֨וּ Qal impv 2mp Then he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy to our Lord: neither be you grieved; for the joy of Yahweh is your strength.
- Nehemiah 8:12 לֶ/אֱכֹ֤ל prep + Qal inf.cs All the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared to them.
- Nehemiah 9:25 וַ/יֹּאכְל֤וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They took fortified cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns hewn out, vineyards, and olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance: so they ate, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Nehemiah 9:36 לֶ/אֱכֹ֤ל prep + Qal inf.cs Behold, we are servants this day, and as for the land that you gave to our fathers to eat the fruit of it and the good of it, behold, we are servants in it.
Esther 1 verse
Job 19 verses
- Job 1:4 לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs His sons went and held a feast in the house of each one on his birthday; and they sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
- Job 1:13 אֹֽכְלִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
- Job 1:16 וַ/תֹּאכְלֵ֑/ם conj + Qal wimpf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp While he was still speaking, there also came another, and said, "The fire of God has fallen from the sky, and has burned up the sheep and the servants, and consumed them, and I alone have escaped to tell you."
- Job 1:18 אֹֽכְלִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp While he was still speaking, there came also another, and said, "Your sons and your daughters were eating and drinking wine in their eldest brother's house,
- Job 5:5 יֹאכֵ֗ל Qal impf 3ms Whose harvest the hungry eats up, And take it even out of the thorns; The snare gapes for their substance.
- Job 6:6 הֲ/יֵאָכֵ֣ל ptcl inter + Niphal impf 3ms Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
- Job 13:28 אֲכָ֣ל/וֹ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Though I am decaying like a rotten thing, Like a garment that is moth-eaten.
- Job 15:34 אָכְלָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs For the company of the godless shall be barren, And fire shall consume the tents of bribery.
- Job 18:13 יֹ֭אכַל יֹאכַ֥ל Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members.
- Job 20:26 תְּ֭אָכְלֵ/הוּ Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3ms All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Job 21:25 אָ֝כַ֗ל Qal pf 3ms Another dies in bitterness of soul, And never tastes of good.
- Job 22:20 אָ֣כְלָה Qal pf 3fs Saying, 'Surely those who rose up against us are cut off, The fire has consumed the remnant of them.'
- Job 31:8 יֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3ms Then let me sow, and let another eat; Yes, let the produce of my field be rooted out.
- Job 31:12 תֹּאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3fs For it is a fire that consumes to destruction, And would root out all my increase.
- Job 31:17 וְ/אֹכַ֣ל אָכַ֖ל conj + Qal impf 1cs Qal pf 3ms Or have eaten my morsel alone, And the fatherless has not eaten of it
- Job 31:39 אָכַ֣לְתִּי Qal pf 1cs If I have eaten the fruits of it without money, Or have caused the owners of it to lose their life:
- Job 34:3 לֶ/אֱכֹֽל prep + Qal inf.cs For the ear tries words, As the palate tastes food.
- Job 40:15 יֹאכֵֽל Qal impf 3ms "See now, behemoth, which I made as well as you. He eats grass as an ox.
- Job 42:11 וַ/יֹּאכְל֨וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then came there to him all his brothers, and all his sisters, and all those who had been of his acquaintance before, and ate bread with him in his house. They comforted him, and consoled him concerning all the evil that Yahweh had brought on him. Everyone also gave him a piece of money, and everyone a ring of gold.
Psalms 27 verses
- Psalms 14:4 אֹכְלֵ֣י אָ֣כְלוּ Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal pf 3cp Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on Yahweh?
- Psalms 18:8 תֹּאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3fs Smoke went out of his nostrils. Consuming fire came out of his mouth. Coals were kindled by it.
- Psalms 21:9 וְֽ/תֹאכְלֵ֥/ם conj + Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp You will make them as a fiery furnace in the time of your anger. Yahweh will swallow them up in his wrath. The fire shall devour them.
- Psalms 22:26 יֹאכְל֬וּ Qal impf 3mp The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
- Psalms 22:29 אָכְל֬וּ Qal pf 3cp All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, Even he who can't keep his soul alive.
- Psalms 27:2 לֶ/אֱכֹ֪ל prep + Qal inf.cs When evil-doers came at me to eat up my flesh, Even my adversaries and my foes, they stumbled and fell.
- Psalms 41:9 אוֹכֵ֣ל Qal ptcp.act ms Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 50:3 תֹּאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3fs Our God comes, and does not keep silent. A fire devours before him. It is very tempestuous around him.
- Psalms 50:13 הַֽ֭/אוֹכַל ptcl inter + Qal impf 1cs Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?
- Psalms 53:4 אֹכְלֵ֣י אָ֣כְלוּ Qal ptcp.act mp cs Qal pf 3cp Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge, Who eat up my people as they eat bread, And don't call on God?
- Psalms 59:15 לֶ/אֱכֹ֑ל prep + Qal inf.cs They shall wander up and down for food, And wait all night if they aren't satisfied.
- Psalms 69:9 אֲכָלָ֑תְ/נִי Qal pf 3fs + sfx pers 1cs For the zeal of your house consumes me. The reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.
- Psalms 78:24 לֶ/אֱכֹ֑ל prep + Qal inf.cs He rained down manna on them to eat, And gave them food from the sky.
- Psalms 78:25 אָ֣כַל Qal pf 3ms Man ate the bread of angels. He sent them food to the full.
- Psalms 78:29 וַ/יֹּאכְל֣וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So they ate, and were well filled. He gave them their own desire.
- Psalms 78:45 וַ/יֹּאכְלֵ֑/ם conj + Qal wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp He sent among them swarms of flies, which devoured them; And frogs, which destroyed them.
- Psalms 78:63 אָֽכְלָה Qal pf 3fs Fire devoured their young men; Their virgins had no wedding song.
- Psalms 79:7 אָכַ֣ל Qal pf 3ms For they have devoured Jacob, And destroyed his homeland.
- Psalms 80:5 הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּ/ם Hiphil pf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
- Psalms 81:16 וַֽ֭/יַּאֲכִילֵ/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms But he would have also fed them with the finest of the wheat. I will satisfy you with honey out of the rock."
- Psalms 102:4 מֵ/אֲכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, For I forget to eat my bread.
- Psalms 102:9 אָכָ֑לְתִּי Qal pf 1cs For I have eaten ashes like bread, And mixed my drink with tears,
- Psalms 105:35 וַ/יֹּ֣אכַל וַ֝/יֹּ֗אכַל conj + Qal wimpf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Ate up every plant in their land; And ate up the fruit of their ground.
- Psalms 106:20 אֹכֵ֥ל Qal ptcp.act ms Thus they exchanged their glory For an image of a bull that eats grass.
- Psalms 106:28 וַ֝/יֹּאכְל֗וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They joined themselves also to Baal Peor, And ate the sacrifices of the dead.
- Psalms 127:2 אֹ֭כְלֵי Qal ptcp.act mp cs It is vain for you to rise up early, To stay up late, Eating the bread of toil; For he gives sleep to his loved ones.
- Psalms 128:2 תֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 2ms For you will eat the labor of your hands. You will be happy, and it will be well with you.
Proverbs 15 verses
- Proverbs 1:31 וְֽ֭/יֹאכְלוּ conj + Qal impf 3mp Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own schemes.
- Proverbs 13:2 יֹ֣אכַל Qal impf 3ms By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.
- Proverbs 13:25 אֹ֭כֵל Qal ptcp.act ms The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
- Proverbs 18:21 יֹאכַ֥ל Qal impf 3ms Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Proverbs 23:7 אֱכֹ֣ל Qal impv 2ms For as he thinks about the cost, so he is. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, But his heart is not with you.
- Proverbs 23:8 אָכַ֥לְתָּ Qal pf 2ms The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up, And lose your good words.
- Proverbs 24:13 אֱכָל Qal impv 2ms My son, eat honey, for it is good; The droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste:
- Proverbs 25:16 אֱכֹ֣ל Qal impv 2ms Have you found honey? Eat as much as is sufficient for you, Lest you eat too much, and vomit it.
- Proverbs 25:21 הַאֲכִלֵ֣/הוּ Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 3ms If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; If he is thirsty, give him water to drink:
- Proverbs 25:27 אָ֘כֹ֤ל Qal inf.abs It is not good to eat much honey; Nor is it honorable to seek one's own honor.
- Proverbs 27:18 יֹאכַ֣ל Qal impf 3ms Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit. He who looks after his master shall be honored.
- Proverbs 30:14 לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל prep + Qal inf.cs There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And their jaws like knives, To devour the poor from the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Proverbs 30:17 וְֽ/יֹאכְל֥וּ/הָ conj + Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3fs The eye that mocks at his father, And scorns obedience to his mother: The ravens of the valley shall pick it out, The young eagles shall eat it.
- Proverbs 30:20 אָ֭כְלָה Qal pf 3fs So is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, 'I have done nothing wrong.'
- Proverbs 31:27 תֹאכֵֽל Qal impf 3fs She looks well to the ways of her household, And doesn't eat the bread of idleness.
Ecclesiastes 14 verses
- Ecclesiastes 2:24 שֶׁ/יֹּאכַ֣ל ptcl rel + Qal impf 3ms There is nothing better for a man than that he should eat and drink, and make his soul enjoy good in his labor. This also I saw, that it is from the hand of God.
- Ecclesiastes 2:25 יֹאכַ֛ל Qal impf 3ms For who can eat, or who can have enjoyment, more than I?
- Ecclesiastes 3:13 שֶׁ/יֹּאכַ֣ל ptcl rel + Qal impf 3ms Also that every man should eat and drink, and enjoy good in all his labor, is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 4:5 וְ/אֹכֵ֖ל conj + Qal ptcp.act ms The fool folds his hands together and ruins himself.
- Ecclesiastes 5:11 אוֹכְלֶ֑י/הָ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3fs When goods increase, those who eat them are increased; and what advantage is there to its owner, except to feast on them with his eyes?
- Ecclesiastes 5:12 יֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3ms The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.
- Ecclesiastes 5:17 יֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3ms All his days he also eats in darkness, he is frustrated, and has sickness and wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 5:18 לֶֽ/אֶכוֹל prep + Qal inf.cs Behold, that which I have seen to be good and proper is for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy good in all his labor, in which he labors under the sun, all the days of his life which God has given him; for this is his portion.
- Ecclesiastes 5:19 לֶ/אֱכֹ֤ל prep + Qal inf.cs Every man also to whom God has given riches and wealth, and has given him power to eat of it, and to take his portion, and to rejoice in his labor--this is the gift of God.
- Ecclesiastes 6:2 לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל יֹֽאכֲלֶ֑/נּוּ prep + Qal inf.cs Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms a man to whom God gives riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing for his soul of all that he desires, yet God gives him no power to eat of it, but an alien eats it. This is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
- Ecclesiastes 8:15 לֶ/אֱכ֥וֹל prep + Qal inf.cs Then I commended mirth, because a man has no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be joyful: for that will accompany him in his labor all the days of his life which God has given him under the sun.
- Ecclesiastes 9:7 אֱכֹ֤ל Qal impv 2ms Go your way--eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Ecclesiastes 10:16 יֹאכֵֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Woe to you, land, when your king is a child, And your princes eat in the morning!
- Ecclesiastes 10:17 יֹאכֵ֔לוּ Qal impf 3mp Happy are you, land, when your king is the son of nobles, And your princes eat in due season, For strength, and not for drunkenness!
Song of Solomon 2 verses
- Song of Solomon 4:16 וְ/יֹאכַ֖ל conj + Qal juss 3ms Awake, north wind; and come, you south; Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, And taste his precious fruits. Lover
- Song of Solomon 5:1 אָכַ֤לְתִּי אִכְל֣וּ Qal pf 1cs Qal impv 2mp I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Friends Eat, friends! Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
Isaiah 49 verses
- Isaiah 1:7 אֹכְלִ֣ים Qal ptcp.act mp Your country is desolate. Your cities are burned with fire. Strangers devour your land in your presence, And it is desolate, As overthrown by strangers.
- Isaiah 1:19 תֹּאכֵֽלוּ Qal impf 2mp If you are willing and obedient, You shall eat the good of the land;
- Isaiah 1:20 תְּאֻכְּל֔וּ Qal Passive impf 2mp But if you refuse and rebel, you shall be devoured with the sword; For the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it."
- Isaiah 3:10 יֹאכֵֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Tell the righteous "Good!" For they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- Isaiah 4:1 נֹאכֵ֔ל Qal impf 1cp Seven women shall take hold of one man in that day, saying, "We will eat our own bread, and wear our own clothing: only let us be called by your name. Take away our reproach."
- Isaiah 5:17 יֹאכֵֽלוּ Qal impf 3mp Then the lambs will graze as in their pasture, And strangers will eat the ruins of the rich.
- Isaiah 5:24 כֶּ/אֱכֹ֨ל prep + Qal inf.cs Therefore as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, And as the dry grass sinks down in the flame, So their root shall be as rottenness, And their blossom shall go up as dust; Because they have rejected the law of Yahweh of Hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 7:15 יֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3ms He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- Isaiah 7:22 יֹאכַ֣ל יֹאכֵ֔ל Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms and it shall happen, that because of the abundance of milk which they shall give he shall eat butter: for everyone will eat butter and honey that is left in the midst of the land.
- Isaiah 9:12 וַ/יֹּאכְל֥וּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp the Syrians before, and the Philistines behind; and they shall devour Israel with open mouth. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.
- Isaiah 9:18 תֹּאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3fs For wickedness burns as the fire; it devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
- Isaiah 9:20 וַ/יֹּ֥אכַל יֹאכֵֽלוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Qal impf 3mp One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:
- Isaiah 10:17 וְ/אָֽכְלָ֛ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
- Isaiah 11:7 יֹֽאכַל Qal impf 3ms The cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together; and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.
- Isaiah 21:5 אָכ֣וֹל Qal inf.abs They prepare the table, they set the watch, they eat, they drink: rise up, you princes, anoint the shield.
- Isaiah 22:13 אָכֹ֥ל אָכ֣וֹל Qal inf.abs Qal inf.abs and behold, joy and gladness, killing oxen and killing sheep, eating flesh and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we shall die.
- Isaiah 23:18 לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs Her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to Yahweh: it shall not be treasured nor laid up; for her merchandise shall be for those who dwell before Yahweh, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
- Isaiah 24:6 אָ֣כְלָה Qal pf 3fs Therefore has the curse devoured the earth, and those who dwell therein are found guilty: therefore the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men left.
- Isaiah 26:11 תֹאכְלֵֽ/ם Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp Yahweh, your hand is lifted up, yet they don't see: but they shall see [your] zeal for the people, and be disappointed; yes, fire shall devour your adversaries.
- Isaiah 29:6 אוֹכֵלָֽה Qal ptcp.act fs She shall be visited of Yahweh of Hosts with thunder, and with earthquake, and great noise, with whirlwind and tempest, and the flame of a devouring fire.
- Isaiah 29:8 אוֹכֵ֗ל Qal ptcp.act ms It shall be as when a hungry man dreams, and, behold, he eats; but he awakes, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreams, and, behold, he drinks; but he awakes, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul has appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against Mount Zion.
- Isaiah 30:24 יֹאכֵ֑לוּ Qal impf 3mp the oxen likewise and the young donkeys that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which has been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.
- Isaiah 30:27 אֹכָֽלֶת Qal ptcp.act fs Behold, the name of Yahweh comes from far, burning with his anger, and in thick rising smoke: his lips are full of indignation, and his tongue is as a devouring fire;
- Isaiah 30:30 אוֹכֵלָ֑ה Qal ptcp.act fs Yahweh will cause his glorious voice to be heard, and will show the lighting down of his arm, with the indignation of [his] anger, and the flame of a devouring fire, with a blast, and tempest, and hailstones.
- Isaiah 31:8 תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑/נּוּ Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 3ms The Assyrian shall fall by the sword, not of man; and the sword, not of men, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall become subject to forced labor.
- Isaiah 33:11 תֹּאכַלְ/כֶֽם Qal impf 3fs + sfx pers 2mp You shall conceive chaff, you shall bring forth stubble: your breath is a fire that shall devour you.
- Isaiah 33:14 אוֹכֵלָ֔ה Qal ptcp.act fs The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling has seized the godless ones: Who among us can dwell with the devouring fire? who among us can dwell with everlasting burning?
- Isaiah 36:12 לֶ/אֱכֹ֣ל prep + Qal inf.cs But Rabshakeh said, Has my master sent me to your master, and to you, to speak these words? [has he] not [sent me] to the men who sit on the wall, to eat their own dung, and to drink their own water with you?
- Isaiah 36:16 וְ/אִכְל֤וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Don't listen to Hezekiah: for thus says the king of Assyria, Make your peace with me, and come out to me; and eat you everyone of his vine, and everyone of his fig tree, and drink you everyone the waters of his own cistern;
- Isaiah 37:30 אָכ֤וֹל ו/אכול וְ/אִכְל֥וּ Qal inf.abs conj + Qal inf.abs conj + Qal impv 2mp This shall be the sign to you: you shall eat this year that which grows of itself, and in the second year that which springs of the same; and in the third year sow you, and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of it.
- Isaiah 44:16 יֹאכֵ֔ל Qal impf 3ms He burns part of it in the fire; with part of it he eats flesh; he roasts roast, and is satisfied; yes, he warms himself, and says, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire.
- Isaiah 44:19 וְ/אֹכֵ֑ל conj + Qal impf 1cs None calls to mind, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yes, also I have baked bread on the coals of it; I have roasted flesh and eaten it: and shall I make the residue of it an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
- Isaiah 49:26 וְ/הַאֲכַלְתִּ֤י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Isaiah 50:9 יֹאכְלֵֽ/ם Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Behold, the Lord Yahweh will help me; who is he who shall condemn me? Behold, all they shall wax old as a garment, the moth shall eat them up.
- Isaiah 51:8 יֹאכְלֵ֣/ם יֹאכְלֵ֣/ם Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3mp For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool; but my righteousness shall be forever, and my salvation to all generations.
- Isaiah 55:1 וֶֽ/אֱכֹ֔לוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Ho, everyone who thirsts, come you to the waters, and he who has no money; come you, buy, and eat; yes, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
- Isaiah 55:2 וְ/אִכְלוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Why do you spend money for that which is not bread? and your labor for that which doesn't satisfy? listen diligently to me, and eat you that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
- Isaiah 55:10 לָ/אֹכֵֽל prep det + Qal ptcp.act ms For as the rain comes down and the snow from the sky, and doesn't return there, but waters the earth, and makes it bring forth and bud, and gives seed to the sower and bread to the eater;
- Isaiah 56:9 לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs All you animals of the field, come to devour, [yes], all you animals in the forest.
- Isaiah 58:14 וְ/הַאֲכַלְתִּ֗י/ךָ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 2ms then shall you delight yourself in Yahweh; and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth; and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father: for the mouth of Yahweh has spoken it.
- Isaiah 59:5 הָ/אֹכֵ֤ל ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper.
- Isaiah 61:6 תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ Qal impf 2mp But you shall be named the priests of Yahweh; men shall call you the ministers of our God: you shall eat the wealth of the nations, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.
- Isaiah 62:9 יֹאכְלֻ֔/הוּ Qal impf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms but those who have garnered it shall eat it, and praise Yahweh; and those who have gathered it shall drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.
- Isaiah 65:4 הָ/אֹֽכְלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp who sit among the graves, and lodge in the secret places; who eat pig's flesh, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Isaiah 65:13 יֹאכֵ֨לוּ֙ Qal impf 3mp Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh, Behold, my servants shall eat, but you shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but you shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but you shall be disappointed;
- Isaiah 65:21 וְ/אָכְל֖וּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp They shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them.
- Isaiah 65:22 יֹאכֵ֑ל Qal impf 3ms They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree shall be the days of my people, and my chosen shall long enjoy the work of their hands.
- Isaiah 65:25 יֹֽאכַל Qal impf 3ms The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the ox; and dust shall be the serpent's food. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 66:17 אֹֽכְלֵי֙ Qal ptcp.act mp cs Those who sanctify themselves and purify themselves [to go] to the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating pig's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 38 verses
- Jeremiah 2:3 אֹכְלָ֣י/ו Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Israel [was] holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase: all who devour him shall be held guilty; evil shall come on them, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 2:7 לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs I brought you into a plentiful land, to eat the fruit of it and the goodness of it; but when you entered, you defiled my land, and made my heritage an abomination.
- Jeremiah 2:30 אָכְלָ֧ה Qal pf 3fs In vain have I struck your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Jeremiah 3:24 אָֽכְלָ֛ה Qal pf 3fs But the shameful thing has devoured the labor of our fathers from our youth, their flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters.
- Jeremiah 5:14 וַ/אֲכָלָֽתַ/ם conj + Qal wpf 3fs + sfx pers 3mp Therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of hosts, Because you speak this word, behold, I will make my words in your mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
- Jeremiah 5:17 וְ/אָכַ֨ל יֹאכְלוּ֙ יֹאכַ֤ל יֹאכַ֥ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3ms Qal impf 3ms They shall eat up your harvest, and your bread, [which] your sons and your daughters should eat; they shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig trees; they shall beat down your fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.
- Jeremiah 7:21 וְ/אִכְל֥וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Add your burnt offerings to your sacrifices, and eat you flesh.
- Jeremiah 8:16 וַ/יֹּֽאכְלוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they are come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.
- Jeremiah 9:15 מַאֲכִילָ֛/ם Hiphil ptcp.act ms cs + sfx pers 3mp therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
- Jeremiah 10:25 אָכְל֣וּ וַ/אֲכָלֻ֨/הוּ֙ Qal pf 3cp conj + Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 3ms Pour out your wrath on the nations that don't know you, and on the families that don't call on your name: for they have devoured Jacob, yes, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.
- Jeremiah 12:12 אֹֽכְלָ֔ה Qal ptcp.act fs Destroyers are come on all the bare heights in the wilderness; for the sword of Yahweh devours from the one end of the land even to the other end of the land: no flesh has peace.
- Jeremiah 15:3 לֶ/אֱכֹ֥ל prep + Qal inf.cs I will appoint over them four kinds, says Yahweh: the sword to kill, and the dogs to tear, and the birds of the sky, and the animals of the earth, to devour and to destroy.
- Jeremiah 15:16 וָ/אֹ֣כְלֵ֔/ם conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Your words were found, and I ate them; and your words were to me a joy and the rejoicing of my heart: for I am called by your name, Yahweh, God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 16:8 לֶ/אֱכֹ֖ל prep + Qal inf.cs You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and to drink.
- Jeremiah 17:27 וְ/אָֽכְלָ֛ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs But if you will not listen to me to make the Sabbath day holy, and not to bear a burden and enter in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates of it, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.
- Jeremiah 19:9 וְ/הַֽאֲכַלְתִּ֞י/ם יֹאכֵ֑לוּ conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs + sfx pers 3mp Qal impf 3mp I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters; and they shall eat everyone the flesh of his friend, in the siege and in the distress, with which their enemies, and those who seek their life, shall distress them.
- Jeremiah 21:14 וְ/אָכְלָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings, says Yahweh; and I will kindle a fire in her forest, and it shall devour all that is round about her.
- Jeremiah 22:15 אָכַ֣ל Qal pf 3ms Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
- Jeremiah 23:15 מַאֲכִ֤יל Hiphil ptcp.act ms Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts concerning the prophets: Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem is ungodliness gone forth into all the land.
- Jeremiah 24:2 תֵֽאָכַ֖לְנָה Niphal impf 3fp One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Jeremiah 24:3 תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה Niphal impf 3fp Then said Yahweh to me, What see you, Jeremiah? I said, Figs; the good figs, very good; and the bad, very bad, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
- Jeremiah 24:8 תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה Niphal impf 3fp As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
- Jeremiah 29:5 וְ/אִכְל֖וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp Build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them.
- Jeremiah 29:17 תֵאָכַ֖לְנָה Niphal impf 3fp thus says Yahweh of Hosts; Behold, I will send on them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that can't be eaten, they are so bad.
- Jeremiah 29:28 וְ/אִכְל֖וּ conj + Qal impv 2mp because he has sent to us in Babylon, saying, [The captivity] is long: build you houses, and dwell in them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruit of them?
- Jeremiah 30:16 אֹכְלַ֨יִ/ךְ֙ יֵאָכֵ֔לוּ Qal ptcp.act mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Niphal impf 3mp Therefore all those who devour you shall be devoured; and all your adversaries, everyone of them, shall go into captivity; and those who despoil you shall be a spoil, and all who prey on you will I give for a prey.
- Jeremiah 31:29 אָ֣כְלוּ Qal pf 3cp In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children's teeth are set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:30 הָ/אֹכֵ֥ל ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act ms But everyone shall die for his own iniquity: every man who eats the sour grapes, his teeth shall be set on edge.
- Jeremiah 41:1 וַ/יֹּ֨אכְלוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Now it happened in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal and [one of] the chief officers of the king, and ten men with him, came to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they ate bread together in Mizpah.
- Jeremiah 46:10 וְ/אָכְלָ֥ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs For that day is [a day] of the Lord, Yahweh of Hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour and be satiate, and shall drink its fill of their blood; for the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, has a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
- Jeremiah 46:14 אָכְלָ֥ה Qal pf 3fs Declare you in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Memphis and in Tahpanhes: say you, Stand forth, and prepare you; for the sword has devoured round about you.
- Jeremiah 48:45 וַ/תֹּ֨אכַל֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Those who fled stand without strength under the shadow of Heshbon; for a fire is gone forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and has devoured the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.
- Jeremiah 49:27 וְ/אָכְלָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs I will kindle a fire in the wall of Damascus, and it shall devour the palaces of Ben Hadad.
- Jeremiah 50:7 אֲכָל֔וּ/ם Qal pf 3cp + sfx pers 3mp All who found them have devoured them; and their adversaries said, We are not guilty, because they have sinned against Yahweh, the habitation of righteousness, even Yahweh, the hope of their fathers.
- Jeremiah 50:17 אֲכָל/וֹ֙ Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms Israel is a hunted sheep; the lions have driven him away: first, the king of Assyria devoured him; and now at last Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon has broken his bones.
- Jeremiah 50:32 וְ/אָכְלָ֖ה conj + Qal wpf 3fs The proud one shall stumble and fall, and none shall raise him up; and I will kindle a fire in his cities, and it shall devour all who are round about him.
- Jeremiah 51:34 אכל/נו אֲכָלַ֣/נִי Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cp Qal pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon has devoured me, he has crushed me, he has made me an empty vessel, he has, like a monster, swallowed me up, he has filled his maw with my delicacies; he has cast me out.
- Jeremiah 52:33 וְ/אָכַ֨ל conj + Qal wpf 3ms and changed his prison garments. [Jehoiachin] ate bread before him continually all the days of his life:
Lamentations 4 verses
- Lamentations 2:3 אָכְלָ֖ה Qal pf 3fs He has cut off in fierce anger all the horn of Israel; He has drawn back his right hand from before the enemy: He has burned up Jacob like a flaming fire, which devours round about.
- Lamentations 2:20 תֹּאכַ֨לְנָה Qal impf 3fp Look, Yahweh, and see to whom you have done thus! Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? Shall the priest and the prophet be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
- Lamentations 4:5 הָ/אֹֽכְלִים֙ ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act mp Those who did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: Those who were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
- Lamentations 4:11 וַ/תֹּ֖אכַל conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Yahweh has accomplished his wrath, he has poured out his fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, which has devoured the foundations of it.
Ezekiel 53 verses
- Ezekiel 2:8 וֶ/אֱכֹ֕ל conj + Qal impv 2ms But you, son of man, hear what I tell you; don't be you rebellious like that rebellious house: open your mouth, and eat that which I give you.
- Ezekiel 3:1 אֱכ֑וֹל אֱכוֹל֙ Qal impv 2ms Qal impv 2ms He said to me, Son of man, eat that which you find; eat this scroll, and go, speak to the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 3:2 וַ/יַּ֣אֲכִלֵ֔/נִי conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs So I opened my mouth, and he caused me to eat the scroll.
- Ezekiel 3:3 תַֽאֲכֵל֙ וָ/אֹ֣כְלָ֔/ה Hiphil impf 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 1cs + sfx h He said to me, Son of man, cause your belly to eat, and fill your bowels with this scroll that I give you. Then did I eat it; and it was in my mouth as honey for sweetness.
- Ezekiel 4:9 תֹּאכֲלֶֽ/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Take for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make you bread of it; [according to] the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, shall you eat of it.
- Ezekiel 4:10 תֹּאכֲלֶ֔/נּוּ תֹּאכֲלֶֽ/נּוּ Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3ms Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
- Ezekiel 4:12 תֹּֽאכֲלֶ֑/נָּה Qal impf 2ms + sfx pers 3fs You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.
- Ezekiel 4:13 יֹאכְל֧וּ Qal impf 3mp Yahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.
- Ezekiel 4:14 אָכַ֨לְתִּי֙ Qal pf 1cs Then said I, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
- Ezekiel 4:16 וְ/אָכְלוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
- Ezekiel 5:10 יֹאכְל֤וּ יֹאכְל֣וּ Qal impf 3mp Qal impf 3mp Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of you, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on you; and the whole remnant of you will I scatter to all the winds.
- Ezekiel 7:15 יֹאכֲלֶֽ/נּוּ Qal impf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The sword is outside, and the pestilence and the famine within: he who is in the field shall die with the sword: and he who is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
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“to eat” is the headline sense of the Hebrew verb אכל (ʼâkal). Different stems carry different senses — BDB groups them under 4 stems, among them Qal and Niphal. With 703 verses in 38 books, it is one of the most common word in the Hebrew Bible. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 2:16. From the same root come אכילה, אכל and אכל. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
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Strong's · 1890
[idiom] at all
Modern gloss
to eat
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H398 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 703
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 703 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #57
- by frequency
- Top 100 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 57 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Most concentrated in
- Leviticus 81 verses 12%
- Deuteronomy 71 verses 10%
- Genesis 54 verses 8%
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 703 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 317 verses · 45%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 274 verses · 39%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 112 verses · 16%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Eat 128×, Shall eat 38×, Ye shall eat 30×
- American Standard Version: Eat 105×, Ye shall eat 28×, Shall eat 26×
- Berean Standard Bible: Eat 166×, Ate 21×, Consumed 20×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Eat 175×, Will eat 39×, You shall eat 36×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H398 across 809 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 164 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 1 further occurrence.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H398 across 808 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 204 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H398 across 784 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 155 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 25 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H398 across 946 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 134 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
15 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Pual (the passive of Piel).
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 15 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. אָכַל Ex 34:28 +; אָֽכְלָה Nu 21:28 +, etc. Impf. יֹאכַל Gn 49:27 +; וַיֹּא֫כַל Gn 25:34 +; וַיֹּאכַ֑ל Gn 3:6 +; יֹאכֵ֑ל Lv 21:22 +; אֹכַל Gn 24:33 +; וָֽאֹכַ֫ל 27:33; וְאֹכֵ֑ל Is 44:19; וָֽאֹכֵל Gn 3:12, 13; 3 pl. יֹאכְלוּ Gn 32:33 +; יֹאכֵ֑לוּ Dt 18:8 +; etc. (for יוֹכְלוּ Ez 42:5 rd. יוצלו, יאצלו 𝔊 Ew Co); sf. יֹאכְלֶנּוּ Lv 7:6 +; תֹּאכַלְכֶם Is 33:11, etc., prob. also תְּאָכְלֵהוּ Jb 20:26, either as secondary form fr. תֹּא׳ (Ew§ 253 Di) or text. error (Ges§ 68. 1) > Pi., Thes KöI, 389; or Poʿel, Ki De MV; Imv. אֱכוֹל 1 K 18:41 +, etc.; Inf. abs. אָכוֹל Gn 2:16 +; cstr. אֲכֹל Nu 26:10 + 2 textual; לֶאֱכֹל Gn 24:33 +; לְאָכְלָה Je 12:9; Pt. אֹכֵל (אוֹכֵל) Gn 39:6 +, אֹכֶלֶת Ex 24:17 +, etc.— e.g. Exodus 34:28
- 1. eat, human subject Gn 3:11, 18 + oft.; mostly c. acc. Ex 16:35 +; also sq. מִן־ (eat of,—some of,—or from) Ex 34:15 Ru 2:14 +; sq. בְּ (eat of or at) Ex 12:43 f; abs. Dt 2:6 +; as act of worship Gn 31:54 (cf. 46:1) Ex 18:12; 24:11; 34:15 Dt 12:7, 18; 14:23, 26 Ju 9:27 +; of priests Ex 29:32 Lv 10:13 +; cf. אָכַל אֶל־הֶהָרִים Ez 18:6, 11, 15; 22:9 + 33:25 עַל־הַדָּם Co עַל־הֶהָרִים; (but RSRel. Sem.. i. 324 N would emend first 4 by last); eat up, finish eating Gn 43:2 (c. כלה) 1 K 13:28 +; אָכַל לֶחֶם = take a meal Gn 43:25 Ex 2:20 1 S 20:24 Je 41:1 +; so א׳ alone Gn 43:16 1 S 20:5 +; א׳ לֶחֶם = eat, get food Gn 3:19 2 K 4:8 +; Am 7:12 (i.e. spend one’s life) cf. Ec 5:16; לֹא א׳ ל׳ i.e. fast 1 S 28:20; 30:12 Ezr 10:6 cf. Dn 10:3; fig. א׳ אֶת־בְּשָׂרוֹ Ec 4:5 (i.e. waste away); eat words Je 15:16 (i.e. eagerly receive); of adultery, Pr 30:20 אָֽכְלָה וּמָֽחֲתָה פִּ֑יהָ וְאָֽמְרָה לֹא־פָעַלְתִּי אָֽוֶן׃; eat (taste) good fortune, א׳ בַּטּוֹבָה Jb 21:25; לְפִי אָכְלוֹ according to his eating, i.e. acc. to his needs in eating Ex 12:4; 16:16, 18 also v 21; cf. Jb 20:21 & sub אָכְלָה; אָכַל הַפְּרִי 2 K 19:29 Am 9:14, of peaceful enjoyment of results of labour; fig. of receiving consequences of action, good or bad Pr 1:31; 18:21 Ho 10:13 cf. וַיֹּאכַל גַּם־אָכוֹל אֶת־כַּסְפֵּנוּ Gn 31:15 i.e. he has reaped all the benefit, cf. Ho 7:9; fig. of mourner, אֵפֶר כַּלֶּחֶם אָכָ֑לְתִּי ψ 102:10 (cf. 80:6 Hiph., & As. akâl al âkul, bikîtum kurmatî = food I ate not, weeping (was) my refreshment HptASKT 166 f. Obv. l, 21, 22 ZimBP 34, 42); of gods, partaking of sacrifices Dt 32:38; fig. = destroy Dt 7:16 (cf. Nu 14:9); cf. Je 10:25; 30:16; 50:7 Ho 7:7. e.g. Genesis 3:11
- 2. of beasts, birds, etc., eat, devour; Gn 37:20, 33; 40:17, 19 1 K 13:28; 14:11; 16:4; 21:23, 24 Ho 2:14 +; specif. of locusts Jo 1:4; 2:25 2 Ch 7:13 cf. Am 4:9; moth Jb 13:28; flies ψ 78:45; worms Dt 28:39; also Ez 19:3, 6 (of Isr. under fig. of lion), cf. Je 50:7, 17; 51:34; also Ho 13:8 (of י׳ under fig. of lion), Ez 22:25 (נֶפֶשׁ אָכָ֑לוּ, of false proph. under fig. of lion). e.g. Genesis 37:20
- 3. fig. of fire, devour, consume Lv 6:3 (sq. 2 acc. consume offering to ashes) Na 3:13 Is 5:24 (in sim.), partic. of fire fr. י׳ Lv 10:2; 16:25 Ju 9:15 f 1 K 18:38 2 K 1:10, 12, 14 2 Ch 7:1; cf. Am. 1:4, 7, 10, 12, 14; 2:2, 5; 5:6 +; Dt 5:22 of fire at Sinai; of י׳ as fire (in judgment) Dt 4:24 כִּי י׳ אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא cf. Dt 9:3 Is 10:17 (‖ בּער) 30:27, 30; 33:14 (‖ מוֹקְדֵי עוֹלָם). e.g. Leviticus 6:3
- 4. of sword, devour, slay Dt 32:42 2 S 2:26; 11:25; 18:8 Ho 11:6 Je 2:30 12:12; cf. of devastation of land Is 1:7 Je 8:16. e.g. Deuteronomy 32:42
- 5. in genl. devour, consume, destroy (inanim. subj.) of drought Gn 31:40; of pestilence Ez 7:15; of forest 2 S 18:8; cf. Lv 26:38 וְאָֽכְלָה אֶתְכֶם אֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיכֶם; of הַבֹּשֶׁת Je 3:24 (v. בֹּשֶׁת). e.g. Genesis 31:40
- 6. fig. of oppression, devour the poor, etc. Pr 30:14 Hb 3:14 cf. ψ 14:4; of bitter enmity לֶאֱכֹל אֶת־בְּשָׂרִי ψ 27:2. (cf. Jb 19:22). e.g. Proverbs 30:14
Niphal
- Pf. וְנֶאֱכַל cons. Ex 22:5 Impf. יֵאָכֵל Gn 6:21 +; וַיֵּאָכֵ֫ל Nu 12:12 etc.; Inf. abs. הֵאָכֹל Lv 7:18; 19:7; Pt. f. נֶאֱכֶ֫לֶת Lv 11:47;— e.g. Exodus 22:5
- 1. be eaten by man Ex 12:46; 13:3, 7; 21:28; 29:34 Lv 6:9, 16, 19, 23; 7:6, 15, 16(×2), 18; 11:41; 19:6, 7, 23; 22:30 Nu 28:17 Ez 45:21; of custom, usage Gn 6:21 Ex 12:16 Dt 12:22 Jb 6:6; of permission to eat Lv 7:19; 11:13, 34, 47(×2); 17:13; c. neg. be uneatable Je 24:2, 3, 8; 29:17. e.g. Exodus 12:46
- 2. be devoured by fire, consumed Zp 1:18; 3:8 Zc 9:4 Ez 23:25. e.g. Zephaniah 1:18
- 3. be wasted, destroyed, of flesh Nu 12:12 Je 30:16. e.g. Numbers 12:12
Pual
- Pf. אֻכְּלוּ be consumed with fire Ne 2:3, 13 cf. Na 1:10 (fig.); so Pt. אֻכָּל (= מְאֻכָּל Ew§ 169 d) Ex 3:2; by sword Is 1:20 תְּאֻכְּלוּ. e.g. Nehemiah 2:3
Hiphil
- Pf. 2 ms. sf. הֶאֱכַלְתָּם ψ 80:6, וְהַאֲכַלְתִּ֫י Is 49:26; sf. וְהַאֲכַלְתִּיךָ cons. Is 58:14; הֶאֱכַלְתִּיךְ Ez 16:19; וְהַאֲכַלְתִּים cons. Je 19:9; Impf. sf. יַאֲכִלֵנוּ Nu 11:4, 18, etc.; 2 ms. js. תַּאֲכֵל Eze 3:3; 1 s. אוֹכִיל Ho 11:4(?); Imv. הַאֲכִילֵהוּ Pr 25:21. etc.; Inf. לִהָכִיל Ez 21:33 (but Co לההל); Pt. מַאֲכִיל Je 23:15, etc.;— e.g. Psalms 80:6
- 1. cause to eat, feed with, sq. 2 acc. subj. mostly י׳; Ex 16:32 Dt 8:3, 16 Ez 3:2 Je 19:9; abs. Ho 11:4; cf. Nu 11:4, 18; fig. Je 9:14; 23:15 Is 49:26; 58:14 Ez 16:19; also ψ 80:6 הֶאֱכַלְתָּם לֶחֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה (cf. 102:10 Qal supr.); sq. acc. pers. + מן ψ 81:17, but also subj. man Pr 25:21; 1 K 22:27 2 Ch 18:26 וְהַאֲכִלֻהוּ לֶהֶם לַ֫חַץ of prison fare; sq. acc. pers. only 2 Ch 28:15, cf. Ez 3:3. e.g. Exodus 16:32
- 2. cause to devour, obj. sword Ez 21:23 (but on text vid. Co). e.g. Ezekiel 21:23
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
vb. eat (Aramaic أَكَلَ, As. akâlu DlW, Aramaic אֲכַל, ܐܶܟܰܠ )—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
אָכַל
- √אך to rub,
- 1. to gnaw, eat, consume. Inf. in Y. freq. לוֹכַל = לֶאֱכוֹל. Ber. I, 1; a. v. fr.
- 2. trnsf. to absorb, occupy, take away. Y. Shebu. VII, 38ᵃ בשרבית אוֹכֶלֶת בו when interests gnaw on (absorb) the property. Y. Erub. IV, 21ᵈ bot. ד׳ אמות אוֹכְלוֹת וכ׳ four cubits entering into the area of Tiberias. Num. R. s. 4 כמה לוחות אוֹכְלוֹת how much space did the tablets occupy &c.? B. Bath. 14ᵃ (interchanging with איגרות, Var. אוגדות, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 5, 6).
- 3. (euphem.) to sleep with. Keth. V, 9, differ. of opin. ib. 65ᵇ; Y. ib. 30ᵇ top a. bot.
- to be eaten &c. Zeb. I, 3; Ber. I, 1; a. fr.
- to consume, burn. Tam. I, 4 המְאוּכָּלוֹת הפנימיות (Talm. ed. המעו׳) the thoroughly lighted coals in the centre; Y. Yoma II, 39ᶜ
- to give to eat, cause to eat. Keth. V, 3 היבם אינו מַאֵכִיל וכ׳ the Yabam does not transfer the privilege of eating T’rumah to his sister-in-law. Kidd. 31ᵃ יש מאכיל וכ׳ one may feed his father on pheasants &c.; a. fr.
- 1. to be consumed, burnt up, digested. Ber. VIII, 7 עד כדי שיִתְאַכֵּל וכ׳ Ar. (ed. שיתע׳) until the food is digested (or absorbed) in his bowels. Tam. II, 1; a. e.
- 2. to be worn off, spent. Snh. VI, 12 Y. ed. נתא׳ הבשר (Mish. ib. VI, 6 נתע׳) when the flesh of the corpse was gone. Cant. R. to IV, 4 שלא נתא׳ אחת מהן none of them was worn off. Kidd. 59ᵃ נתא׳ המעות the money was spent; a. e.
אֲכַל
- 1. same.—Inf. מֵיכַל, מֵיכוּל. Targ. Gen. II, 16; a. fr.—Y. Ter. VIII, 46ᵃ כד אתון יֵיכלון when they came and were about eating; ib. (more corr.) אתון מיכל; a. fr.
- 2. with קרצי prop. to eat (the bread of) destruction, eat the informer’s bread, hence to inform against. Dan. III, 8; VI, 25.—Targ. Ps. XV, 3; a. fr.—Gitt. 56ᵃ איכול בהו קו׳; Lam. R. to IV, 2 איכול קרצהון I will inform against them. e.g. Daniel 3:8
- to give to eat, to support. Y. Ter. X, 47ᵇ bot. אוכלה ליה he gave it to him to eat. Gen. R. s. 48, end (read:) אוכלית אשקית לוי hast thou given (thy guest) to eat? to drink? do escort him, i.e. perform thy duties fully. Y. Kidd. I, 61ᵇ הוה מייכל לאבוי וכ׳ fed his father on &c.; a. fr.
- , אִתְאָכִיל to be eaten, consumed. Targ. Ps. LXVIII, 23; a. fr. Tanḥ. Emor, 6 ומה דהבא מִתְאֲכִיל וכ׳; Lev. R. s. 27 ומה זה וכ׳ what is this? do they eat gold &c.? Kidd. 59ᵃ קא מתאכלי were eaten up (spent). [אכלי Af. of כלי to cry, v. כלי.]
אֲכַל II
- (sec. r. of כול) to measure. Ned. 51ᵃ ליכיל לי מר please measure for me. Ruth R. introd. 2. הא … סאה תקום אכול (read סאתה קום) here is the bag and here the measure, get up and fill it; v. כּוּל.
אֹכֶל
- , v. אוֹכֶל
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Forms in the corpus
The 494 distinct written forms H398 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 434 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H398, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- אכילה ʼăkîylâh H396 food
- אכל ʼăkal H399 to eat
- אכל ʼôkel H400 food
- מאכל maʼăkâl H3978 food
- מאכלת maʼăkeleth H3979 knife
- מאכלת maʼăkôleth H3980 fuel
- מכלת makkôleth H4361 food
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 670 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 703 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 2:16
- Exodus 2:20
- Leviticus 3:17
- Numbers 6:3
- Deuteronomy 2:6
- Joshua 5:11
- Judges 6:21
- Ruth 2:14
- 1 Samuel 1:7
- 2 Samuel 2:26
- 1 Kings 1:25
- 2 Kings 1:10
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
