Strong's Lexicon

H3979

H3979 — מַאֲכֶלֶת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewma'akelethnoun femOccurrences: 4TWOT: 85e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H3979
Word:מַאֲכֶלֶת
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H398
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:4
Transliteration:ma'akeleth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mah-ak-eh'-leth
Meaning:1. something to eat with,- i.e. a knife
KJV Renderings:knife.

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מַאֲכֶ֫לֶת noun feminine knife (as cutting instrum., or instrument for dividing, making small, compare S[iegfrom]ThLZ.Nov.17. '88) Judg 19:29 מַאֲכֶ֑לֶת Gen 22:6; Gen 22:10, plural מַאֲכָלוֺת Prov 30:14.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מאכל (mah-)

Genesis 2:9

KJV: And out of the ground made the Lord God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
EHCC: pleasant to the sight and good for food;

Genesis 3:6

KJV: And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.pleasant: Heb. a desire
EHCC: uaw that the tree (was) good for foud,

Genesis 6:21

KJV: And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
EHCC: unto thee of all food that is eaten,

Genesis 40:17

KJV: And in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of bakemeats for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.bakemeats…: Heb. meat of Pharaoh, the work of a baker, or, cook
EHCC: 811 manner of bakemeuts for Pharaoh ;

Leviticus 19:23

KJV: And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
EHCC: planted all manner of trees for food,

Deuteronomy 20:20

KJV: Only the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat, thou shalt destroy and cut them down; and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee, until it be subdued.it…: Heb. it come down
EHCC: that they (be) not trees for meat,

Deuteronomy 28:26

KJV: And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
EHCC: thy carcase shall be (lit. for) meat

Judges 14:14

KJV: And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.
EHCC: Out of the eater came forth meut,

Judges 12:11

KJV: And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
EHCC: put captains-in them, and store af rictwal,

Psalms 44:11

KJV: Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.like…: Heb. as sheep of meat
EHCC: (12). like sheep (appointed ( for meat ;

Psalms 74:14

KJV: Thou brakest the heads of leviathan in pieces, and gavest him to be meat to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
EHCC: gavest him (to be) meat

Psalms 79:2

KJV: The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: servants have they given (to be) mew

Proverbs 6:8

KJV: Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.
EHCC: gathereth Aer food in the harvest,

Isaiah 62:8

KJV: The Lord hath sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies; and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine, for the which thou hast laboured:Surely…: Heb. If I give, etc
EHCC: ere thy corn (to be) meat

Jeremiah 7:33

KJV: And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.
EHCC: & 16:4. shall be meat for the fowls

Jeremiah 19:7

KJV: And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: will I give to be (i. for) meat

Jeremiah 34:20

KJV: I will even give them into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of them that seek their life: and their dead bodies shall be for meat unto the fowls of the heaven, and to the beasts of the earth.
EHCC: their dead bodies be for meut

Jeremiah 47:12

EHCC: grow all trees for meat,

Habakkuk 1:16

KJV: Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and burn incense unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their meat plenteous.plenteous: or, dainty: Heb. fat
EHCC: and their meut plenteous.
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