'akal

aw-kal'
Parts of Speech Verb

'akal Definition

  1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed
    1. (Qal)
      1. to eat (human subject)
      2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
      3. to devour, consume (of fire)
      4. to devour, slay (of sword)
      5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
      6. to devour (of oppression)
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be eaten (by men)
      2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
      3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
    3. (Pual)
      1. to cause to eat, feed with
      2. to cause to devour
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to feed
      2. to cause to eat
    5. (Piel)
      1. consume
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
lka
Origin
a primitive root
Strong's Number
0398
TDNT Entry
TWOT - 85

KJV Word Usage

eat
604
devour
111
consume
32
miscellaneous
55
Total
810

KJV Verse Count

54
44
81
24
71
3
14
3
24
21
33
24
2
7
4
9
1
19
27
15
14
2
49
38
4
52
5
14
7
14
1
3
5
2
2
1
7
1
Total
701
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for 'akal". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .