אֲכַל
ʼăkal · ak-al'
{to eat (literally or figuratively)}
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H398 (אָכַל)
{to eat (literally or figuratively)}
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] accuse, devour, eat.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads
Strength, the leader of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲכַל above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and accused1 · 14%
- and did eat1 · 14%
- which had accused1 · 14%
- devour1 · 14%
- it devoured1 · 14%
- which devoured1 · 14%
- and shall devour1 · 14%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.