Word Study · Strong's H400 · Hebrew
אֹכֶל
okel
o'-kel
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼôkel
“food”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
food
Rendered in the KJV as
eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
- 43occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 12 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 24inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 43 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 24
- אֹֽכֶל׃8
- אֹ֑כֶל4
- אֹ֣כֶל4
- אֹ֥כֶל3
- אֹ֙כֶל֙2
- אֹ֭כֶל2
- אָכְל֑וֹ2
- אָכְלָ֣ם2
- אֹ֖כֶל1
- אֹ֧כֶל1
- אֹ֔כֶל1
- אֹ֣כֶל׀1
and 12 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 10
- food24
- food their5
- food his4
- [the] food of3
- the food2
- and to food your1
- food its1
- food your1
- for food1
- the meal1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine singular24
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular5
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 24
- HNcmsc/Sp3mp · 5
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 5
- HNcmsc · 3
- HTd/Ncmsa · 3
- HC/R/Ncmsc/Sp2mp · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HR/Ncmsa · 1
All 43, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Genesis carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis16 occurrences
- Genesis 14:11אָכְלָ֖םʾakhelamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe four kings seized all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah and all their food, and they went on their way.here: food their
- Genesis 41:35אֹ֙כֶל֙ʾokhelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Under the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.here: [the] food of
- Genesis 41:35אֹ֥כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularUnder the authority of Pharaoh, let them collect all the excess food from these good years, that they may come and lay up the grain to be preserved as food in the cities.here: food
- Genesis 41:36הָאֹ֤כֶלhaokhelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.”here: the food
- Genesis 41:48אֹ֣כֶל׀ʾokhelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.here: [the] food of
- Genesis 41:48אֹ֖כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularDuring those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.here: food
- Genesis 41:48אֹ֧כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)During those seven years, Joseph collected all the excess food in the land of Egypt and stored it in the cities. In every city he laid up the food from the fields around it.here: [the] food of
- Genesis 42:7אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularAnd when Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them as strangers and spoke harshly to them. “Where have you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied. “We are here to buy food.”here: food
- Genesis 42:10אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singular“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.here: food
- Genesis 43:2אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularSo when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”here: food
- Genesis 43:4אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularIf you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.here: food
- Genesis 43:20אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singular“Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food.here: food
- Genesis 43:22אֹ֑כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularWe have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.”here: food
- Genesis 44:1אֹ֔כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularThen Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.here: food
- Genesis 44:25אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularThen our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’here: food
- Genesis 47:24וּֽלְאָכְלְכֶ֛םuleakhelekhemconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralAt harvest time, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and food for yourselves and your households and children.”here: and to food your
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 12:4אָכְל֔וֹʾakhelonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularIf the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.here: food his
- Exodus 16:16אָכְל֑וֹʾakhelonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThis is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Each one is to gather as much as he needs. You may take an omer for each person in your tent.’”here: food his
- Exodus 16:18אָכְל֖וֹʾakhelonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWhen they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.here: food his
- Exodus 16:21אָכְל֑וֹʾakhelonoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularEvery morning each one gathered as much as was needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.here: food his
Leviticus2 occurrences
- Leviticus 11:34הָאֹ֜כֶלhaokhelthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAny food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.here: the food
- Leviticus 25:37אָכְלֶֽךָ׃ʾakhelekhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou must not lend him your silver at interest or sell him your food for profit.here: food your
Deuteronomy3 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 2:6אֹ֣כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularYou are to pay them in silver for the food you eat and the water you drink.’”here: food
- Deuteronomy 2:28אֹ֣כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularYou can sell us food to eat and water to drink in exchange for silver. Only let us pass through on foot,here: food
- Deuteronomy 23:19אֹ֑כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularDo not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.here: food
Job5 occurrences
- Job 9:26אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularThey sweep by like boats of papyrus, like an eagle swooping down on its prey.here: food
- Job 12:11אֹ֣כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularDoes not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?here: food
- Job 36:31אֹ֥כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularFor by these He judges the nations and provides food in abundance.here: food
- Job 38:41אֹֽכֶל׃ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularWho provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?here: food
- Job 39:29אֹ֑כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularFrom there he spies out food; his eyes see it from afar.here: food
Psalms6 occurrences
- Psalms 78:18אֹ֥כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularThey willfully tested God by demanding the food they craved.here: food
- Psalms 78:30אָכְלָ֥םʾakhelamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYet before they had filled their desire, with the food still in their mouths,here: food their
- Psalms 104:21אָכְלָֽם׃ʾakhelamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.here: food their
- Psalms 104:27אָכְלָ֣םʾakhelamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAll creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.here: food their
- Psalms 107:18אֹ֭כֶלʾokhelnoun · masculine singularThey loathed all food and drew near to the gates of death.here: food
- Psalms 145:15אָכְלָ֣םʾakhelamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThe eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.here: food their
Proverbs1 occurrence
Lamentations2 occurrences
- Lamentations 1:11בְּאֹ֖כֶלbeokhelpreposition + noun · masculine singularAll her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.here: for food
- Lamentations 1:19אֹ֙כֶל֙ʾokhelnoun · masculine singularI called out to my lovers, but they have betrayed me. My priests and elders perished in the city while they searched for food to keep themselves alive.here: food
