Hebrew word study
אָכַלʼâkal — to eat (literally or figuratively)
Pronounced “aw-kal'”
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Translated in the King James as: at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, freely, in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, quite.
Appears 802 times in Scripture
Origin: a primitive root;
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 65×
Genesis 2:16Genesis 2:17Genesis 3:1Genesis 3:2Genesis 3:3Genesis 3:5Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:11Genesis 3:12Genesis 3:13Genesis 3:14Genesis 3:17Genesis 3:18Genesis 3:19Genesis 3:22Genesis 6:21Genesis 9:4Genesis 14:24Genesis 18:8Genesis 19:3Genesis 24:33Genesis 24:54Genesis 25:34Genesis 26:30Genesis 27:4+ 40 more in Genesis
Exodus — 51×
Exodus 2:20Exodus 3:2Exodus 10:5Exodus 10:12Exodus 10:15Exodus 12:7Exodus 12:8Exodus 12:9Exodus 12:11Exodus 12:15Exodus 12:16Exodus 12:18Exodus 12:19Exodus 12:20Exodus 12:43Exodus 12:44Exodus 12:45Exodus 12:46Exodus 12:48Exodus 13:3Exodus 13:6Exodus 13:7Exodus 15:7Exodus 16:3Exodus 16:8+ 26 more in Exodus
Leviticus — 97×
Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 6:10Leviticus 6:16Leviticus 6:18Leviticus 6:23Leviticus 6:26Leviticus 6:29Leviticus 6:30Leviticus 7:6Leviticus 7:15Leviticus 7:16Leviticus 7:18Leviticus 7:19Leviticus 7:20Leviticus 7:21Leviticus 7:23Leviticus 7:24Leviticus 7:25Leviticus 7:26Leviticus 7:27Leviticus 8:31Leviticus 9:24Leviticus 10:2Leviticus 10:12Leviticus 10:13+ 72 more in Leviticus
Numbers — 27×
Numbers 6:3Numbers 6:4Numbers 9:11Numbers 11:1Numbers 11:4Numbers 11:5Numbers 11:13Numbers 11:18Numbers 11:19Numbers 11:21Numbers 12:12Numbers 13:32Numbers 15:19Numbers 16:35Numbers 18:10Numbers 18:11Numbers 18:13Numbers 18:31Numbers 21:28Numbers 23:24Numbers 24:8Numbers 25:2Numbers 26:10Numbers 28:17+ 3 more in Numbers
Deuteronomy — 80×
Deuteronomy 2:6Deuteronomy 2:28Deuteronomy 4:24Deuteronomy 4:28Deuteronomy 5:25Deuteronomy 6:11Deuteronomy 7:16Deuteronomy 8:3Deuteronomy 8:9Deuteronomy 8:10Deuteronomy 8:12Deuteronomy 8:16Deuteronomy 9:3Deuteronomy 9:9Deuteronomy 9:18Deuteronomy 11:15Deuteronomy 12:7Deuteronomy 12:15Deuteronomy 12:16Deuteronomy 12:17Deuteronomy 12:18Deuteronomy 12:20Deuteronomy 12:21Deuteronomy 12:22Deuteronomy 12:23+ 55 more in Deuteronomy
Joshua — 4×
Judges — 17×
1 Samuel — 30×
2 Samuel — 24×
1 Kings — 37×
2 Kings — 33×
1 Chronicles — 2×
Nehemiah — 9×
Esther — 1×
Job — 22×
Psalms — 30×
Psalms 14:4Psalms 18:8Psalms 21:9Psalms 22:26Psalms 22:29Psalms 27:2Psalms 41:9Psalms 50:3Psalms 50:13Psalms 53:4Psalms 59:15Psalms 69:9Psalms 78:24Psalms 78:25Psalms 78:29Psalms 78:45Psalms 78:63Psalms 79:7Psalms 80:5Psalms 81:16Psalms 102:4Psalms 102:9Psalms 105:35Psalms 106:20Psalms 106:28+ 5 more in Psalms
Proverbs — 15×
Ecclesiastes — 15×
Isaiah — 54×
Jeremiah — 44×
Jeremiah 2:3Jeremiah 2:7Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 3:24Jeremiah 5:14Jeremiah 5:17Jeremiah 7:21Jeremiah 8:16Jeremiah 9:15Jeremiah 10:25Jeremiah 12:12Jeremiah 15:3Jeremiah 15:16Jeremiah 16:8Jeremiah 17:27Jeremiah 19:9Jeremiah 21:14Jeremiah 22:15Jeremiah 23:15Jeremiah 24:2Jeremiah 24:3Jeremiah 24:8Jeremiah 29:5Jeremiah 29:17Jeremiah 29:28+ 19 more in Jeremiah
Ezekiel — 55×
Ezekiel 2:8Ezekiel 3:1Ezekiel 3:2Ezekiel 3:3Ezekiel 4:9Ezekiel 4:10Ezekiel 4:12Ezekiel 4:13Ezekiel 4:14Ezekiel 4:16Ezekiel 5:10Ezekiel 7:15Ezekiel 12:18Ezekiel 12:19Ezekiel 15:4Ezekiel 15:5Ezekiel 15:7Ezekiel 16:13Ezekiel 16:19Ezekiel 16:20Ezekiel 18:2Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 18:11Ezekiel 18:15Ezekiel 19:3+ 30 more in Ezekiel
Hosea — 14×
Amos — 15×
Obadiah — 1×
Micah — 3×
Nahum — 6×
Habakkuk — 2×
Haggai — 1×
Malachi — 1×
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