Definition

an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)

Etymology

from H398 (אָכַל);

Word family

• אָכַל ʼâkal

How the KJV renders it

• food
• fruit
• (bake-)meat(-s)
• victual

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.