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אׇכְלָה H402
H402 is the Hebrew word אׇכְלָה, transliterated ʼoklâh and said ok-law'. The King James Version most often renders it meat.
What it means
food.
Where it comes from
feminine of H401 (אֻכָל).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 9 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Verses using אׇכְלָה
All 9 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 9:3 · KJV
Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.
Leviticus 11:39 · KJV
And if any beast, of which ye may eat, die; he that toucheth the carcase thereof shall be unclean until the even.
Leviticus 25:6 · KJV
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee,
Ezekiel 15:4 · KJV
Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire devoureth both the ends of it, and the midst of it is burned. Is it meet for any work?
Ezekiel 15:6 · KJV
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 21:32 · KJV
Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no more remembered: for I the LORD have spoken it.
Ezekiel 29:5 · KJV
And I will leave thee thrown into the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon the open fields; thou shalt not be brought together, nor gathered: I have given thee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
Ezekiel 34:5 · KJV
And they were scattered, because there is no shepherd: and they became meat to all the beasts of the field, when they were scattered.
Ezekiel 34:8 · KJV
As I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely because my flock became a prey, and my flock became meat to every beast of the field, because there was no shepherd, neither did my shepherds search for my flock, but the shepherds fed themselves, and fed not my flock;
Common questions
What does Strong's H402 mean?
H402 is the Hebrew word אׇכְלָה (ʼoklâh), meaning food.
How is H402 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it meat (3 times), fuel (3 times), became meat (2 times), eat (1 time).
How many times does H402 appear in the Bible?
אׇכְלָה (ʼoklâh) is tagged in 9 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H402 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: feminine of H401 (אֻכָל).
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