Strong's Number 398

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
'akal {aw-kal'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
85
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage in the KJV:
eat 604, devour 111, consume 32, misc 55

Total: 802
Definition:
  1. to eat, devour, burn up, feed
    1. (Qal)
      1. to eat (human subject)
      2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)
      3. to devour, consume (of fire)
      4. to devour, slay (of sword)
      5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)
      6. to devour (of oppression)
    2. (Niphal)
      1. to be eaten (by men)
      2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)
      3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)
    3. (Pual)
      1. to cause to eat, feed with
      2. to cause to devour
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to feed
      2. to cause to eat
    5. (Piel)
      1. consume
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament