מַאֲכָל
maʾăkāl
food
Strong's H3978NounHebrewTWOT 85d

מַאֲכָל (maʾăkāl) is a Hebrew noun meaning food. It appears 30 times in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H3978).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 85d)

Range of meaning (TWOT 85d)food; eatable; fruit, meat, victual
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מַאֲכָל noun, masculine: food

Strong's H3978 מַאֲכָל: an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
KJV:food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 85: אָכַל ʾākal — eat; devour, consume, slay, destroy; be eaten, consumed, be wasted; cause to eat, feed with, cause to devoure; burn up, devourer, dine, eater, feed, food, meat

See it in Scripture

Genesis 2:9Leviticus 19:23Deuteronomy 20:20

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