אֹ֫כֶל
o.khel
food
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word "אֹ֫כֶל" (o.khel) is a noun that refers to food. It appears 43 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the daily lives of the people. The word is part of the semantic domain of Food & Drink, suggesting that it encompasses various types of sustenance, from simple meals to more elaborate feasts. The frequency of its occurrence suggests that food was a vital aspect of ancient Hebrew culture, possibly reflecting the importance of communal meals, hospitality, and social gatherings. The word's presence in various contexts, such as biblical narratives, poetry, and wisdom literature, implies that food was not only a physical necessity but also a symbol of abundance, prosperity, and community. In summary, the Hebrew word "אֹ֫כֶל" (o.khel) is a fundamental concept in the biblical narrative, representing the basic human need for sustenance and the social significance of food in ancient Hebrew culture.
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Occurrences in Scripture
43 total occurrences across the text
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Job 12:11Doesn’t the ear try words, even as the palate tastes its food?
Job 36:31For by these he judges the people. He gives food in abundance.
Job 38:41Who provides for the raven his prey, when his young ones cry to God, and wander for lack of food?
Job 39:29From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
Psalms 78:18They tempted God in their heart by asking food according to their desire.
Psalms 78:30They didn’t turn from their cravings. Their food was yet in their mouths,
Psalms 104:21The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their food from God.
Psalms 104:27These all wait for you, that you may give them their food in due season.
Psalms 107:18Their soul abhors all kinds of food. They draw near to the gates of death.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for you. You give them their food in due season.
Leviticus 25:37You shall not lend him your money at interest, nor give him your food for profit.
Proverbs 13:23An abundance of food is in poor people’s fields, but injustice sweeps it away.
Lamentations 1:11All her people sigh. They seek bread. They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh their soul. “Look, Yahweh, and see; for I have become despised.”
Lamentations 1:19“I called for my lovers, but they deceived me. My priests and my elders gave up the spirit in the city, while they sought food for themselves to refresh their souls.
Joel 1:16Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes; joy and gladness from the house of our God?
Habakkuk 3:17For though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food; the flocks are cut off from the fold, and there is no herd in the stalls:
Malachi 1:12“But you profane it, in that you say, ‘Yahweh’s table is polluted, and its fruit, even its food, is contemptible.’
Genesis 14:11They took all the goods of Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their food, and went their way.
Genesis 41:35Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
Genesis 41:35Let them gather all the food of these good years that come, and store grain under the hand of Pharaoh for food in the cities, and let them keep it.
Genesis 41:36The food will be to supply the land against the seven years of famine, which will be in the land of Egypt; so that the land will not perish through the famine.”
Genesis 41:48He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
Genesis 41:48He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
Genesis 41:48He gathered up all the food of the seven years which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities. He stored food in each city from the fields around that city.
Genesis 42:7Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
Genesis 42:10They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
Genesis 43:2When they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little more food.”
Genesis 43:4If you’ll send our brother with us, we’ll go down and buy you food;
Genesis 43:20and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
Genesis 43:22We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don’t know who put our money in our sacks.”
Genesis 44:1He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
Genesis 44:25Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
Genesis 47:24It will happen at the harvests, that you shall give a fifth to Pharaoh, and four parts will be your own, for seed of the field, for your food, for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.”
Exodus 12:4and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat.
Exodus 16:16“This is the thing which Yahweh has commanded: ‘Gather of it everyone according to his eating; an omer a head, according to the number of your persons, you shall take it, every man for those who are in his tent.’ ”
Exodus 16:18When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
Exodus 16:21They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.
Leviticus 11:34All food which may be eaten which is soaked in water shall be unclean. All drink that may be drunk in every such vessel shall be unclean.
Deuteronomy 2:6You shall purchase food from them for money, that you may eat. You shall also buy water from them for money, that you may drink.’ ”
Deuteronomy 2:28You shall sell me food for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink. Just let me pass through on my feet,
Deuteronomy 23:19You shall not lend on interest to your brother: interest of money, interest of food, interest of anything that is lent on interest.
Ruth 2:14At meal time Boaz said to her, “Come here, and eat some bread, and dip your morsel in the vinegar.” She sat beside the reapers, and they passed her parched grain. She ate, was satisfied, and left some of it.