7 occurrences

'Food' in the Bible

“They will devour your harvest and your food;They will devour your sons and your daughters;They will devour your flocks and your herds;They will devour your vines and your fig trees;They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.

The dead bodies of this people will be food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth; and no one will frighten them away.

“They will die of deadly diseases, they will not be lamented or buried; they will be as dung on the surface of the ground and come to an end by sword and famine, and their carcasses will become food for the birds of the sky and for the beasts of the earth.”

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 hand of those who seek their life; and I will give over their carcasses as food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

I will give them into the hand of their enemies and into the hand of those who seek their life. And their dead bodies will be food for the birds of the sky and the beasts of the earth.

But rather we will certainly carry out every word that has proceeded from our mouths, by burning sacrifices to the queen of heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, just as we ourselves, our forefathers, our kings and our princes did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem; for then we had plenty of food and were well off and saw no misfortune.

On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that there was no food for the people of the land.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
אכל 
'okel 
Usage: 44

אכלה 
'oklah 
Usage: 18

בּוּל 
Buwl 
Usage: 2

לחם 
Lechem 
Usage: 298

מאכל 
Ma'akal 
Usage: 30

מכּלת 
Makkoleth 
Usage: 1

ציד 
Tsayid 
Usage: 19

שׁאר 
Sh@'er 
Usage: 16

βρῶσις 
Brosis 
Usage: 5

διατροφή 
Diatrophe 
Usage: 1

τροφή 
Trophe 
meat , food , some meat , not tr
Usage: 12

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