ʾoklâ (אׇכְלָה) — Hebrew word meaning “food”

אׇכְלָה

ʾoklâ

food

Strong's H402NounHebrewTWOT 85b

אׇכְלָה (ʾoklâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning food. It appears 18 times in 5 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H402).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 85b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 85b)food, eating; devouring; consuming; consume, devour, eat, meat

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

אָכְלָה noun, feminine: food, eating

1.especially in phrase
2.devouring, by wild beasts, only figuratively of ravaged people
3.consuming, in fire

Strong's H402 אׇכְלָה: food
KJV:consume, devour, eat, food, meat.

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 1:29 Exodus 16:15 Leviticus 11:39

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