What does אֹכֶל mean in the Bible?
אֹכֶל is a Hebrew word meaning "food".
Hebrew · H400
אֹכֶל
Food
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אֹכֶל H400
What does אֹכֶל mean in the Bible?
אֹכֶל is a Hebrew word meaning "food".
Full entry for אֹכֶל (H400) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H400?
The BSB source-word alignment has 43 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include food (17), their food (4), the food (3), the excess food (2), - (1).
Where does אֹכֶל appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 14:11. Its strongest book concentrations include Genesis (16), Psalms (6), Job (5), Exodus (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It food 17× Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10, Genesis 43:2, Genesis 43:4
their food 4× Genesis 14:11, Psalms 104:21, Psalms 104:27, Psalms 145:15
the food 3× Genesis 41:48, Psalms 78:18, Joel 1:16
the excess food 2× Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48
- 1× Exodus 12:4
. . . 1× Ruth 2:14
and food for yourselves 1× Genesis 47:24
as food 1× Genesis 41:35
as much food 1× Genesis 44:1
as was needed 1× Exodus 16:21
for food 1× Lamentations 1:11
for the food 1× Deuteronomy 2:6
he needs 1× Exodus 16:16
it 1× Genesis 41:48
its food 1× Malachi 1:12
its prey 1× Job 9:26
much as he needed to eat 1× Exodus 16:18
out food 1× Job 39:29
This food 1× Genesis 41:36
with the food 1× Psalms 78:30
your food 1× Leviticus 25:37
Show sample aligned rows
Genesis 14:11 אָכְלָ֖ם to their food Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Genesis 41:35 אֹ֙כֶל֙ to the excess food Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 41:35 אֹ֥כֶל to as food Noun - masculine singular Genesis 41:36 הָאֹ֤כֶל to This food Article | Noun - masculine singular Genesis 41:48 אֹ֣כֶל׀ to the excess food Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 41:48 אֹ֖כֶל to it Noun - masculine singular Genesis 41:48 אֹ֧כֶל to the food Noun - masculine singular construct Genesis 42:7 אֹֽכֶל׃ to food Noun - masculine singular Genesis 42:10 אֹֽכֶל׃ to food Noun - masculine singular Genesis 43:2 אֹֽכֶל׃ to food Noun - masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 14:11
Aligned rows 43
Books represented 12
Genesis 16 Exodus 4 Leviticus 2 Deuteronomy 3 Ruth 1 Job 5 Psalms 6 Proverbs 1 Lamentations 2 Joel 1 Habakkuk 1 Malachi 1
Source forms
אֹֽכֶל׃ 8x ’ō·ḵel Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10, Genesis 43:2, Genesis 43:4
אֹ֑כֶל 4x ’ō·ḵel Genesis 43:22, Deuteronomy 23:19, Job 39:29, Habakkuk 3:17
אֹ֣כֶל 4x ’ō·ḵel Deuteronomy 2:6, Deuteronomy 2:28, Job 12:11, Joel 1:16
אֹ֥כֶל 3x ’ō·ḵel Genesis 41:35, Job 36:31, Psalms 78:18
אֹ֙כֶל֙ 2x ’ō·ḵel Genesis 41:35, Lamentations 1:19
אֹ֭כֶל 2x ’ō·ḵel Psalms 107:18, Proverbs 13:23
אָכְל֑וֹ 2x ’ā·ḵə·lōw Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:21
אָכְלָ֣ם 2x ’ā·ḵə·lām Psalms 104:27, Psalms 145:15
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular 24x Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural 5x Genesis 14:11, Psalms 78:30, Psalms 104:21, Psalms 104:27
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular 4x Exodus 12:4, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18, Exodus 16:21
Article | Noun - masculine singular 3x Genesis 41:36, Leviticus 11:34, Ruth 2:14
Noun - masculine singular construct 3x Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:48
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine plural 1x Genesis 47:24
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular 1x Leviticus 25:37
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular 1x Malachi 1:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. food
Source Gloss
food
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
food Usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
אֹכֶל is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain