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Strong's H398 אָכַל (akal)

Akal means “burn up” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G398 — anaphaino (“discover”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H398
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 701
Books 38

Strong's H398 Quick Answer

Strong's H398 אָכַל (akal) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. akal (aw-kal') v. 1. to eat (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] It has 701 linked Bible usages across 38 books. Visible English usage signals include eat, they, eateth, me, and eaten. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
akal (aw-kal') v. 1. to eat (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]
Usage
701 linked usages
Books
38 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
eat, they, eateth, me, and eaten

Meaning and Definition

akal (aw-kal') v. 1. to eat (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root] KJV: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.

Original Word
אָכַל
Transliteration
akal
Derivation
Root: אכל
Morphology
verb-stem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H398. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to eat

Usage: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to

eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume Aramaic equivalent: a.khal (אֲכַל "to devour" H0399)

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How Strong's H398 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render akal, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

eat Genesis 2:16 70× they Genesis 18:8 eateth Exodus 12:19 me Genesis 27:4 all Exodus 13:7 eaten Genesis 3:11 have Genesis 14:24 Let Genesis 27:31 burn Exodus 29:34 burned Exodus 3:2 consumed Genesis 31:40 devouring Exodus 24:17 eatest Genesis 2:17 is Genesis 43:32 she Genesis 3:6 will Genesis 24:33

How Strong's H398 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 701 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H398 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H398 in the Old Testament

701 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 2:16 KJV

And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:

Genesis 2:17 KJV

But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

Genesis 3:1 KJV

Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H398.

Genesis 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:
Genesis 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
Genesis 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
Genesis 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden:
Genesis 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Genesis 3:5 Old Testament, KJV
For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Genesis 3:6 Old Testament, KJV
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
Genesis 3:11 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?
Genesis 3:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Genesis 3:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life:
Genesis 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life;
Genesis 3:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field;
Genesis 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 3:22 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Genesis 6:21 Old Testament, KJV
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
Genesis 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
Genesis 14:24 Old Testament, KJV
Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
Genesis 18:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.
Genesis 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Genesis 24:33 Old Testament, KJV
And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.
Genesis 24:54 Old Testament, KJV
And they did eat and drink, he and the men that were with him, and tarried all night; and they rose up in the morning, and he said, Send me away unto my master.
Genesis 25:34 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.
Genesis 26:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Genesis 27:4 Old Testament, KJV
And make me savoury meat, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat; that my soul may bless thee before I die.
Genesis 27:7 Old Testament, KJV
Bring me venison, and make me savoury meat, that I may eat, and bless thee before the LORD before my death.
Genesis 27:10 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death.
Genesis 27:19 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:25 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he drank.
Genesis 27:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he also had made savoury meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 27:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? where is he that hath taken venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Genesis 28:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 31:15 Old Testament, KJV
Are we not counted of him strangers? for he hath sold us, and hath quite devoured also our money.
Genesis 31:38 Old Testament, KJV
This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten.
Genesis 31:40 Old Testament, KJV
Thus I was; in the day the drought consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep departed from mine eyes.
Genesis 31:46 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said unto his brethren, Gather stones; and they took stones, and made an heap: and they did eat there upon the heap.
Genesis 31:54 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.
Genesis 32:32 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the children of Israel eat not of the sinew which shrank, which is upon the hollow of the thigh, unto this day: because he touched the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the sinew that shrank.
Genesis 37:20 Old Testament, KJV
Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and we will say, Some evil beast hath devoured him: and we shall see what will become of his dreams.
Genesis 37:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
Genesis 37:33 Old Testament, KJV
And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
Genesis 39:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he left all that he had in Joseph's hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
Genesis 40:17 Old Testament, KJV
And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
Genesis 40:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
Genesis 41:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the ill favoured and leanfleshed kine did eat up the seven well favoured and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
Genesis 41:20 Old Testament, KJV
And the lean and the ill favoured kine did eat up the first seven fat kine:
Genesis 43:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:16 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
Genesis 43:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
Genesis 43:32 Old Testament, KJV
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis 45:18 Old Testament, KJV
And take your father and your households, and come unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land.
Genesis 47:22 Old Testament, KJV
Only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them of Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them: wherefore they sold not their lands.
Genesis 47:24 Old Testament, KJV
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
Genesis 49:27 Old Testament, KJV
Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil.
Exodus 2:20 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Exodus 3:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Exodus 10:5 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall cover the face of the earth, that one cannot be able to see the earth: and they shall eat the residue of that which is escaped, which remaineth unto you from the hail, and shall eat every tree which groweth for you out of the field:
Exodus 10:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the land of Egypt for the locusts, that they may come up upon the land of Egypt, and eat every herb of the land, even all that the hail hath left.
Exodus 10:15 Old Testament, KJV
For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.
Exodus 12:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
Exodus 12:8 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Exodus 12:9 Old Testament, KJV
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
Exodus 12:11 Old Testament, KJV
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
Exodus 12:15 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
Exodus 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Exodus 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Exodus 12:19 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Exodus 12:20 Old Testament, KJV
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Exodus 12:43 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
Exodus 12:44 Old Testament, KJV
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Exodus 12:45 Old Testament, KJV
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
Exodus 12:46 Old Testament, KJV
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
Exodus 12:48 Old Testament, KJV
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
Exodus 13:3 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Exodus 13:6 Old Testament, KJV
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
Exodus 13:7 Old Testament, KJV
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
Exodus 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And in the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee: thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble.
Exodus 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Exodus 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, This shall be, when the LORD shall give you in the evening flesh to eat, and in the morning bread to the full; for that the LORD heareth your murmurings which ye murmur against him: and what are we? your murmurings are not against us, but against the LORD.
Exodus 16:12 Old Testament, KJV
I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
Exodus 16:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, Eat that to day; for to day is a sabbath unto the LORD: to day ye shall not find it in the field.
Exodus 16:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 16:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel did eat manna forty years, until they came to a land inhabited; they did eat manna, until they came unto the borders of the land of Canaan.
Exodus 18:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Jethro, Moses' father in law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father in law before God.
Exodus 21:28 Old Testament, KJV
If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox shall be quit.
Exodus 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus 22:31 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall be holy men unto me: neither shall ye eat any flesh that is torn of beasts in the field; ye shall cast it to the dogs.
Exodus 23:11 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
Exodus 23:15 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
Exodus 24:11 Old Testament, KJV
And upon the nobles of the children of Israel he laid not his hand: also they saw God, and did eat and drink.
Exodus 24:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like devouring fire on the top of the mount in the eyes of the children of Israel.
Exodus 29:32 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Exodus 29:33 Old Testament, KJV
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Exodus 29:34 Old Testament, KJV
And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
Exodus 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
Exodus 34:15 Old Testament, KJV
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
Exodus 34:18 Old Testament, KJV
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Exodus 34:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
Leviticus 3:17 Old Testament, KJV
It shall be a perpetual statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor blood.
Leviticus 6:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.
Leviticus 6:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
Leviticus 6:18 Old Testament, KJV
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the LORD made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
Leviticus 6:23 Old Testament, KJV
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Leviticus 6:26 Old Testament, KJV
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Leviticus 6:29 Old Testament, KJV
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus 6:30 Old Testament, KJV
And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
Leviticus 7:6 Old Testament, KJV
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Leviticus 7:15 Old Testament, KJV
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
Leviticus 7:16 Old Testament, KJV
But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
Leviticus 7:18 Old Testament, KJV
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
Leviticus 7:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the flesh that toucheth any unclean thing shall not be eaten; it shall be burnt with fire: and as for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof.
Leviticus 7:20 Old Testament, KJV
But the soul that eateth of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, that pertain unto the LORD, having his uncleanness upon him, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:21 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover the soul that shall touch any unclean thing, as the uncleanness of man, or any unclean beast, or any abominable unclean thing, and eat of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings, which pertain unto the LORD, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:23 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.
Leviticus 7:24 Old Testament, KJV
And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.
Leviticus 7:25 Old Testament, KJV
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 7:26 Old Testament, KJV
Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.
Leviticus 7:27 Old Testament, KJV
Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.
Leviticus 8:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that is in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.
Leviticus 9:24 Old Testament, KJV
And there came a fire out from before the LORD, and consumed upon the altar the burnt offering and the fat: which when all the people saw, they shouted, and fell on their faces.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H398, grouped by book.

Genesis 54 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 44 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 81 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 24 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 71 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 14 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 24 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 21 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 33 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 24 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 7 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 9 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 19 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 27 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 15 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 14 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 49 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 38 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 4 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 52 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 5 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 14 usages, Old Testament
Joel 7 usages, Old Testament
Amos 14 usages, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 5 usages, Old Testament
Habakkuk 2 usages, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Old Testament
Zechariah 7 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H398 FAQ

What does akal (אָכַל) mean?

Akal (Strong's H398) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "burn up". akal (aw-kal') v. 1. to eat (literally or figuratively) [a primitive root]

How many times is akal (אָכַל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 701 linked usages for Strong's H398 across 38 books.

Where can I study akal (אָכַל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H398 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate akal (אָכַל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as eat, they, eateth, me, eaten, and have. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.