Definition

{to eat (literally or figuratively)}

Etymology

(Aramaic) corresponding to H398 (אָכַל)

Word family

• אָכַל ʼâkal

How the KJV renders it

• accuse
• devour
• eat

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.