King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H402
Transliteration: oklah
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: food, eating
Meaning: food, eating
Word Summary
oklah: food, eating
Original Word: אָכְלָהTransliteration: oklah
Phonetic Spelling: (ok-law')
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Short Definition: food, eating
Meaning: food, eating
Strong's Concordance
consume, devour, eat, food, meat Feminine of 'Ukal; food -- consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
see HEBREW 'Ukal
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H402. oklah
אָכְלָה17 noun feminine food, eating (with some verbal force, compare DrJPh xi. 217) only P, & Ezekiel; always לְאָכְלָה,
1 especially in phrase like לְאָ יִהְיֶה ׳לָכֶם Genesis 1:29; 6:21; 9:3; Leviticus 11:39; so 25:6 לְאָבְלָה לָכֶם הָאָרֶץ שַׁבַּת וְהָיְתָה compare לְא ׳נָתַן Genesis 1:30; Exodus 16:15.
2 devouring, by wild beasts, only figurative of ravaged people Ezekiel 29:5; 34:5, 8, 10; 39:4, compare 35:12.
3 consumimg, in fire Ezekiel 15:4, 6, of fire-sacrifice of children 23:37; figurative of judgment of ׳י Ezekiel 21:37; (compare also infinitive of אָכַל).