אָכַל (ʾākal) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning eat. It appears
815 times
in 38 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H398).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 85)
Range of meaning (TWOT 85)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
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
אָכַלverb: eat
Qal
1.eat, human subject
2.of beasts, birds, eat, devour
3.figuratively of fire, devour, consume
4.of sword, devour, slay
5.devour, consume, destroy
6.figuratively of oppression, devour the poor
Niphal
1.be eaten by man
2.be devoured by fire, consumed
3.be wasted, destroyed, of flesh
Pualbe consumed
Hiphil
1.cause to eat, feed with
2.cause to devoure, object sword
Strong's H398אָכַל: to eat (literally or figuratively) KJV:× at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
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.