STRONGS NUMBER H400

Word Summary

okel: food

Original Word: אֹכֶל
Transliteration: okel
Phonetic Spelling: (o'-kel)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: food
Meaning: food

Strong's Concordance

eating, food, mealtime, meat, prey, victuals

From 'akal; food -- eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.

see HEBREW 'akal

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H400. okel

אֹ֫כֶל‎₄₀ noun masculine^{Genesis 41:36} food (Arabic , Aramaic אוּכְלָא‎, , Assyrian akalu Dl^W, Ethiopic ) — ׳א‎ absolute 41:35 +; construct 41:35, 48; suffix אָכְלֶ֑ךָ‎ Leviticus 25:37; אָכְלו‎ Malachi 1:12, etc.; — Hexateuch mostly J E D, not Ezekiel — food, food-supply, especially cereals of store in Egypt Genesis 41:35 (twice in verse) + 12 t. Genesis 41-44; 47:24; compare 14:11(JE); also Leviticus 11:34; 25:37 (P) Deuteronomy 2:6, 28 (D); א ׳נֶשֶׁךְ‎ usury of food 23:20 (D) ("" ׳נ כֶּסֶף‎, etc.); הָאֹבֶל לְעֵת‎ at meal-time Ruth 2:14; in poetry 17 t.; — food Psalm 107:18; of offerings Malachi 1:12; particular food Job 12:11 (as tasted); 36:31 (as given by God) so Psalm 145:15; ׳א נָפֶ֑שׁ לְהָשִׁיב‎ Lamentations 1:11 compare 1:19; especially cereals Proverbs 13:23; Joel 1:16; Habakkuk 3:17; but also flesh Psalm 78:18; 78:30; of food (prey) of wild animals 104:21 ("" טרף‎):27; of prey of eagles Job 9:26; 39:29; ravens 38:41.

King James Bible