HebrewH3978Noun (Masculine)

מַאֲכָל

ma.a.khal

27Occurrences
H3978Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)

from H398 (אָכַל);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
food, fruit, meat

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

מַאֲכָל appears 27 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Genesis
4
Jeremiah
4
2 Chronicles
2
Deuteronomy
2
Ezk
2
Psalms
2
1 Kings
1
Daniel
1

Key Passages

1 Kings 10:5BSB

the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

Deuteronomy 28:26BSB

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Genesis 3:6BSB

When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.

Isaiah 62:8BSB

The LORD has sworn by His right handand by His mighty arm:“Never again will I give your grainto your enemies for food,nor will foreigners drink the new winefor which you have toiled.

Jeremiah 7:33BSB

The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.