Strong's Lexicon

H399

H399 — אֲכַל

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

AramaicakalverbOccurrences: 44TWOT: 2573

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H399
Word:	אֲכַל
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	(Aramaic) corresponding to H398
Language:	Aramaic
Occurrences:	44
Transliteration:	akal
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ak-al'
Meaning:	1. + accuse, devour, eat
KJV Renderings:	Not listed

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[אֲכַל] verb eat, devour (Biblical Hebrew); —

Pe`al Perfect 3 masculine plural אֲכַ֫לוּ Dan 3:8; Dan 6:25 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יֵאכֻל Dan 4:30 3 feminine singularתֵּאכֻל Dan 7:23 Imperative feminine singular אֲכֻּ֫לִי Dan 7:5 Participle feminine singular אָֽכְלָה, Dan 7:7 Dan 7:9 —

1. eat, of beast, Dan 4:30 (accusative of thing).

2. devour, of beast in vision, Dan 7:5 (accusative of thing), absolute Dan 7:7 Dan 7:19 hence figurative of kingdom, devour, devastate, Dan 7:23 (accusative of earth).

3. in phrase ק־רְצֵיהוֺן ׳ א Dan 3:8 eat their pieces, i.e. slander them, compare Dan 6:25 (see קְרַץ ).

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אכל (achal)

Daniel 3:8

KJV: Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the Jews.

EHCC: and accused the Jews. (lit. and ate their

Daniel 6:24

KJV: And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

EHCC: (26), those men which Aad accused Daniel,

Daniel 7:5

KJV: And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.it raised…: or, it raised up one dominion

EHCC: Arise, devour much flesh.

Daniel 4:83

EHCC: (30). did eat grass as oxen,