אָכַל

Strong’s Definition

to eat (literally or figuratively)

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to eat, devour, burn up, feed
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(niphal)
• 4.(pual)
• 5.(hiphil)
• 6.(piel)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʼâkal; Pronunciation: aw-kal'