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Fuel

מַאֲכֹ֫לֶתStrong’s H3980

maakholet (ma-a-kho-let)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Maakholet is the Hebrew word usually translated “fuel of” and “like fuel of”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“For every battle of the warrior is with confused noise, and garments rolled in blood; but this shall be with burning and fuel of fire.”
Isaiah 9:5 KJV
Meaning
  1. Fuel
How it's translated
  • fuel of 1
  • like fuel of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

מַאֲכֹ֫לֶת maakholet · fuel

fuel

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “fuel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

FU'EL, noun

[Latin focus.]

  1. Any matter which serves as aliment to fire; that which feeds fire; combustible matter, as wood, coal, peat, etc.
  2. Any thing that serves to feed or increase flame, heat or excitement.
All definitions and other forms of “fuel”

    FU'EL, verb transitive

    1. To feed with combustible matter.
    2. To store with fuel or firing.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.