אׇכְלָהʼoklâh
food, eating
Pronunciation: ok-law' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H402
Meanings
1. especially in phrases (Genesis 1:29; Genesis 6:21; Genesis 9:3)
2. devouring (Ezekiel 29:5; Ezekiel 34:5; Ezekiel 34:8)
3. consumimg (Ezekiel 15:4; Ezekiel 15:6; Ezekiel 23:37)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 18 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 1:29 Then God said, “Look! I have given you every seed-bearing plant throughout the earth and all the fruit trees for your food.
- Genesis 1:30 And I have given every green plant as food for all the wild animals, the birds in the sky, and the small animals that scurry along the ground—everything that has life.” And that is what happened.
- Genesis 6:21 And be sure to take on board enough food for your family and for all the animals.”
- Genesis 9:3 I have given them to you for food, just as I have given you grain and vegetables.
- Exodus 16:15 The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. “What is it?” they asked each other. They had no idea what it was. And Moses told them, “It is the food the Lord has given you to eat.
- Leviticus 11:39 “If an animal you are permitted to eat dies and you touch its carcass, you will be defiled until evening.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).