חָסַל
chasal · devour, consume
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2628 · appears 1 time in the Bible
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chasal (חָסַל) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “devour, consume”.
Eat away completely, as the locust does with the crops.
How to say it
cha·sal
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To eat up the crops until nothing is left.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Deuteronomy 28:38
Much seed you will carry out to the field, and little you will gather, for the locust will consume it.