אׇכְלָה
ʼoklâh · ok-law'
food
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of H401 (אֻכָל);
food
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the open hand that covers › authority, the one who leads › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the open hand that covers of authority, the one who leads that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אׇכְלָה 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
18 occurrences · 18 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for meat2 · 11%
- shall be meat2 · 11%
- for fuel2 · 11%
- it to thee; and it shall be for food1 · 6%
- you to eat1 · 6%
- of which ye may eat1 · 6%
- to devour1 · 6%
- thou shalt be for fuel1 · 6%
- the fire, to devour1 · 6%
- thee for meat1 · 6%
- and they became meat1 · 6%
- became meat1 · 6%
- that they may not be meat1 · 6%
- us to consume1 · 6%
- to be devoured1 · 6%
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.