# H3978 מַאֲכָל

מַאֲכָל (maʼăkâl), Strong’s H3978: an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit) KJV: food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.. Occurs 30 times.

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*maʼăkâl* — an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)

KJV: food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.

Derived from [אָכַל ʼâkal](https://besorah.bible/word/H398) (to eat)

Occurs 30 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מַאֲכָל 30 n.m. Ju 14:14 (f. Hb 1:16) food

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 2:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=9) — Out of the ground the LORD God made every tree to grow that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food, including the…
- [Genesis 3:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=6) — When the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be…
- [Genesis 6:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/6?v=21) — Take with you some of all food that is eaten, and gather it to yourself; and it will be for food for you, and for them.”
- [Genesis 40:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/40?v=17) — In the uppermost basket there were all kinds of baked food for Pharaoh, and the birds ate them out of the basket on my…
- [Leviticus 19:23](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/leviticus/19?v=23) — “‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as…
- [Deuteronomy 20:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/20?v=20) — Only the trees that you know are not trees for food, you shall destroy and cut them down. You shall build bulwarks…
- [Deuteronomy 28:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/28?v=26) — Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to…
- [Judges 14:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=14) — He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…
- [1 Kings 10:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/10?v=5) — the food of his table, the sitting of his servants, the attendance of his officials, their clothing, his cup bearers…
- [Isaiah 62:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/62?v=8) — The LORD has sworn by his right hand, and by the arm of his strength, “Surely I will no more give your grain to be food…