Bread
ἄρτοςStrong’s G0740artos
Appears in 91 verses of the New Testament
In short
Artos is the Greek word usually translated “bread”, “loaves” and “loaf”. It appears in 91 verses of the New Testament.
“Neither did we eat any man’s bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:”
Meaning
Usually translated “bread”, “loaves” and “loaf”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- bread 58
- loaves 32
- of bread 3
- loaf 3
- loaves of bread 1
- with bread 1
- of loaves 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 20
- Mark 20
- John 20
- Luke 16
- 1 Corinthians 6
- Acts 5
9 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Thessalonians 3:12In contextNow them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
- Matthew 4:3And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
- Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
All 91 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἄρτος artos · bread
ἄρτος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for לֶחֶם ;] bread, a loaf: Mat.4:3, 4 Mrk.3:20, al.; ἄρτοι τ. προθέσεως, bread of the setting forth, i.e. the shewbread. Metaphorical, ὁ ἄ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. ζωῆς, ref. to Christ, Jhn.6:33, 35; in general, food: Mat.6:11, al.; ἄ. φαγεῖν (Heb. אֲכֹל לֶחֶם), to eat (MM, see word), Lu 14:1, al. (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bread” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BREAD, noun
bred. [Gr. anything esculent. If the word signifies food in general, or that which is eaten, probably it is the Heb. and Ch., from barah, to eat or feed.]
- A mass of dough, made by moistening and kneading the flour or meal of some species of grain, and baked in an oven, or pan.
- Food in general.“In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread” Genesis 3:19
- Support of like in general; maintenance.
All definitions and other forms of “bread”
BREAD, verb transitive
To spread. [Not used.]
BREAD'-CHIPPER, noun
[bread and chip.]
One who chips bread; a baker's servant; an under butler.
BREAD'-CORN, noun
[bread and corn.]
Corn of which bread is made. This in most countries is wheat and rye; but in some countries bread is made of other grain, as of maize in some parts of America.
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 Greek, not from any one translation.