HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3899
לֶ֫חֶם
le.chem — food
: food(eating) 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)
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Food
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H400
אֹ֫כֶל
o.khel — food
1) food 1a) cereal 1b) meat 2) food supply 3) meal, dinner
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3978
מַאֲכָל
ma.a.khal — food
food, fruit, meat
27 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5160
τροφή
trophē — food
τροφή, -ῆς, ἡ (τρέφω), [in LXX for לֶחֶם, מָזוֹן, אֹכֶל, etc. ;] nourishment, food: Mat.3:4 6:25 10:10 24:45, Luk.12:23, Jhn.4:8, Act.2:46 9:19 14:17 27:33-34, 36 27:38 Jas.2:15. Metaphorical: Heb.5:12, 14.† (AS)
16 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1033
βρῶμα
brōma — food
βρῶμα, -τος, τό (cf. βιβρώσκω), [in LXX chiefly for אֹכֶל ;] food: Rom.14:15, 20 1Co.8:8, 13 10:3; pl., Mat.14:15, Mrk.7:19, Luk.3:11 9:13, 1Co.6:13, 1Ti.4:3, Heb.9:10 13:9; trop., of spiritual food, Jhn.4:34, 1Co.3:2 (cf. βρῶσις).† (AS)
15 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H402
אׇכְלָה
okh.lah — food
1) food 1a) food, eating 1b) object of devouring, consuming 1b1) by wild beasts (figurative) 1b2) in fire 1b3) of judgment (figurative)
8 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1279
בִּרְיָה
bir.yah — food
food
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4202
מָזוֹן
ma.zon — food
food, sustenance Aramaic equivalent: ma.zon (מָזוֹן "food" H4203)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4203
מָזוֹן
ma.zon — food
food, feed Aramaic of ma.zon (מָזוֹן "food" H4202)
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1305
διατροφή
diatrophē — food
δια-τροφή, ῆς, ἡ (διατρέφω, to support, sustain), [in LXX: 1Ma.6:49 * ;] food, nourishment: 1Ti.6:8.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1979
ἐπισιτισμός
episitismos — food
ἐπισιτισμός, -οῦ, ὁ (ἐπισιτίζομαι, to supply with provisions), [in LXX: Gen.42:25, al. (צֵידָה), Jdth.2:18 4:5 ;] 1. a foraging. 2. provisions, food: Luk.9:12.† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5527
χόρτασμα
chortasma — food
χόρτασμα, -τος, τό (χορτάζω), [in LXX: Gen.24:25, 32 42:27 43:24, Jdg.19:19 (מִסְפּוֹא), Deu.11:16 (עֶשֶׂב), (Sir.33:24) Sir.38:26 * ;] fodder (Polyb., Plut., al.): pl., Act.7:11 (RV, sustenance).† (AS)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6079
σιτίον
sition — food
1. grain, corn: food made from grain, bread , ποιεῖσθαι σιτία ἀπὸ ὀλυρέων to feed off spelt, (Herdotus Historicus) 2. generally, food, victuals, provisions , (Herdotus Historicus); σιτία ἡμερῶν τριῶν three days' provision , of soldiers, (Aristophanes Comicus); σιτία καὶ ποτά meat and drink, (Plato Philosophus) 3. τἀν Πρυτανείῳ σιτία public maintenance in the Prytaneum, (Aristophanes Comicus); compare σίτησις. 4. rarely food for dogs, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H1267
בָּרוּת
ba.rut — food
food
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H396
אֲכִילָה
a.khi.lah — food
food, a meal, an eating, meat
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4361
מַכֹּ֫לֶת
mak.ko.let — food
food, food stuff
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G20860
ὀψοποίημα
opsopoiēma — food
food
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7043
ἔδεσμα
edesma — food
meat : plural meats , (Batrachomyomachia) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8262
μαχεήλ
macheēl — food
food
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G4160
ποιέω
poieō — to do/make: do
ποιέω, -ῶ, [in LXX for a great variety of words, but chiefly for עשׂה ;] 1. to make, produce, create, cause: with accusative of thing(s), Mat.17:4, Mrk.9:5, Jhn.9:11, Act.9:39, Rom.9:20, al.; of God as Creator (with accusative of person(s) also), Mat.19:4, Mrk.10:6, Luk.11:40, Act.4:24, Heb.1:2, al.; like Heb. עשׂה, absol. = ἐργάζομαι, to work, Mat.20:12 (cf. Rut.2:19; so AV, but see infr.), Rev.13:5, R, mg. (but see infr.); σκάνδαλα, Rom.16:17; εἰρεήνην, Eph.2:15, Jas.3:18; ἐπίστασιν, Act.24:12; συστροφήν, Act.23:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Luk.1:68, Act.15:3; with nouns expressing action or its accomplishment, forming a periphr. for the cogn. verb: ὁδόν π. (cl. ὁ ποιεῖσθαι), to go on, advance, Mrk.2:23; πόλεμον, Rev.11:7, al.; ἐκδίκησιν, Luk.18:7, 8; ἐνέδραν, Act.25:3; κρίσιν, Jhn.5:27, Ju 15; ἔργα, Jhn.5:36, al.; (σημεῖα), Jhn.2:23 and freq., Act.2:22, al.; so also mid. ποιεῖσθαι: μονήν, Jhn.14:23; πορείαν, Luk.13:22; κοινωνίαν, Rom.15:26; of food, to make ready, prepare: δεῖπνον, Mrk.6:21, al.; δοχήν, Luk.5:29 14:13; γάμους, Mat.22:2; of time, to spend (cl.): ὥραν, Mat.20:12, RV (but see supr. and cf. McN, in l.); μῆνας, Rev.13:5, R, txt. (cf. Swete, in l.; but see supr.); ἐνιαυτόν, Jas.4:13; with accusative before ἐκ, Jhn.2:15, al.; with accusative and accusative pred., Mat.3:3 12:16, Mrk.1:3 3:12, Jhn.5:11, al.; with adv., καλῶς, Mrk.7:37; ἑορτὴν π. (Dem., Exo.23:16, al.), Act.18:21, Rec.; πάσχα, Mat.26:18; to make or offer a sacrifice (Plat., Xen., al.; Job.42:8, 3Ki.11:33; so some understand τοῦτο ποιεῖτε, Luk.22:19, but see Abbott, Essays, 110ff.); before ἵνα (WM, 422f.; M, Pr., 228), Jhn.11:37, Col.4:16, Rev.3:9. 2. to do, perform, carry out, execute: absol., with adv., καλῶς π., Mat.12:12, 1Co.7:37, 38 Jas.2:19; id. before ptcp. (cl.; see M, Pr., 228), Act.10:33, Php.4:14, 2Pe.1:19, 3Jo.6; οὕτως, Mat.24:46, Luk.9:15, al.; ὡς (καθώς), Mat.1:24 2:16, al.; ὁμοίως, Luk.3:11; ὡσαύτως, Mat.20:5; with ptcp., ἀγνοῶν ἐποίησα, 1Ti.1:13; with accusative of thing(s): τί interrog., Mat.12:3, Mrk.2:25, Luk.6:2, al.; τοῦτο, Mat.13:28, Mrk.5:32, Luk.22:19 (WH om.; see supr., ref. to Abbott, Essays), Rom.7:20, al.; with nouns expressing command or regulation: τ. νόμον (not as in cl., to make a law), Jhn.7:19, Gal.5:3 (cf. in LXX, Jos.22:5, 1Ch.22:12, al.); τ. ἐντολάς, Mat.5:19; similarly with other nouns expressing conduct: τ. δικαιοσύνην, Mat.6:1, al.; τ. ἀλήθειαν, Jhn.3:21, al., etc.; with dupl. accusative, Mat.27:22, Mrk.15:12; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s) (commod., incomm.; rare in cl.), Mat.7:12, Mrk.5:19, 20 Luk.1:49, Jhn.9:26, al. SYN.: πράσσω, which see The general distinction between the two words is that between particular action and its habitual performance (cf. Tr., Syn., §xcvi; Westc. on Jhn.3:21; ICC on Rom.1:32). (AS)
515 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H157
אָהֵב
a.hav — to love: lover
: lover 1) to love 1a) (Qal) 1a1) human love for another, includes family, and sexual 1a2) human appetite for objects such as food, drink, sleep, wisdom 1a3) human love for or to God 1a4) act of being a friend 1a4a) lover (participle) 1a4b) friend (participle) 1a5) God's love toward man 1a5a) to individual men 1a5b) to people Israel 1a5c) to righteousness 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) lovely (participle) 1b2) loveable (participle) 1c) (Piel) 1c1) friends 1c2) lovers (fig. of adulterers) 2) to like Also means: a.hav (אָהֵב ": friend" H0157H)
190 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G1525
εἰσέρχομαι
eiserchomai — to enter
εἰσ-έρχομαι, [in LXX chiefly for בּוֹא ;] to go in or into, enter: Mat.9:25, Luk.7:45, al.; before εἰς, Mat.10:12, Mrk.2:1, al.; before διά (πύλης, θύρας, etc.), Mat.7:13, Jhn.10:1, al.; ὑπὸ τ. στέγην, Mat.8:8; with adv.: ὅπου, Mrk.14:14, Heb.6:20; ὧδε, Mat.22:12; ἔσω, Mat.26:58; before πρός, with accusative of person(s), Mrk.15:43, Luk.1:28, Act.10:3 11:3 16:40 17:2 28:8, Rev.3:20; of demons taking possession, Mrk.9:25, Luk.8:30 22:3, Jhn.13:27; of food, Mat.15:11, Act.11:8. Metaphorical, of thoughts, Luk.9:46; εἰς κόπον, Jhn.4:38; εἰς πειρασμόν, Mat.26:41, Luk.22:40, 46; of hope as an anchor, Heb.6:19; βοαί, Jas.5:4; πνεῦμα ζωῆς, Rev.11:11; εἰς τ. κόσμον (cf. Wis.2:24 14:14, Jhn.18:37), Rom.5:12, Heb.10:5; in counterparts of Jewish Aram. phrases relating to the theocracy (cf. Dalman, Words, 116ff.): εἰς τ. γάμους, Mat.25:10; εἰς τ. χάραν τ. κυρίου, Mat.25:21, 23; εἰς τ. ζωήν, Mat.18:8, 9 19:17, Mrk.9:43, 45; εἰς τ. βασιλ. τ. οὐρανῶν, Mat.5:20 7:21, al. (see: βασιλεία); εἰς τ. κατάπαυσιν, Heb.3:11, 18 4:1ff.; εἰς τ. δόξαν, Luk.24:26; εἰσ. καὶ ἐξερχ., to go in and out (like Heb. בוֹא וְצֵאת, Deu.28:6, etc.), of familiar intercourse, Act.1:21; figuratively, of moral freedom, Jhn.10:9 (cf. ἐπ-, παρ-, συν-εισέρχομαι). (AS)
182 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H352
אַ֫יִל
a.yil — ram
1) ram 1a) ram (as food) 1b) ram (as sacrifice) 1c) ram (skin dyed red, for tabernacle)
139 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G5087
τίθημι
tithēmi — to place
τίθημι, [in LXX for שִׁית ,נתן ,שׂוּם, etc. ;] 1. causative of κεῖμαι, (a) to place, lay, set: Luk.6:48, Rom.9:33, al.; of laying the dead to rest, Mrk.15:47, Luk.23:55, Jhn.11:34, Act.7:16, al.; before ἐπί, with genitive, Luk.8:16, Jhn.19:19, al.; id. with accusative, Mrk.4:21, 2Co.3:13, al.; ὑπό, Mat.5:15, al.; παρά, Act.4:35, 37. Mid., to have put or placed, to place for oneself: of putting in prison, Act.4:3, 5:18, 25, al.; of giving counsel, βουλήν, Act.27:12; of laying up in one's heart, Luk.1:66 21:14 ( 1Ki.21:12); (b) to put down, lay down: of bending the knees, τ. γόνατα, to kneel, Mrk.15:19, Act.7:60, al.; of putting off garments, Jhn.13:4; of laying down life, τ. ψυχήν, Jhn.10:11, 15 17, 18 13:37, 38 15:13, 1Jn.3:16; of laying by money, παρ ̓ ἑαυτῷ, 1Co.16:2; of setting on food, Jhn.2:10; metaphorically, of setting forth an idea in symbolism, Mrk.4:30. 2. to set, fix, establish: ὑπόδειγμα, 2Pe.2:6. 3. to make, appoint: Mat.22:44, Mrk.12:36, Luk.20:43, Act.2:35, Rom.4:17, al. Mid., to make, set or appoint for oneself: Act.20:28, 1Co.12:28, 1Th.5:9, 1Ti.1:12, al.; before ἵνα, Jhn.15:16 (cf . ἀνα-, προσ-ανα-, ἀπο-, δια-, ἀντι-δια-, ἐκ-, ἐπι-, συν-επι-, κατα-, συν-κατα-, μετα-, παρα-, περι-, προ-, προσ-, συν-, ὑπο-τίθημι). (AS)
96 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
Originally the Creator granted the use of the vegetable world for food to man (Gen. 1:29), with the exception mentioned (2:17). The use of animal food was probably not unknown to the antediluvians. There is, however, a distinct law on the subject given to Noah after the Deluge (Gen. 9:2-5). Various articles of food used in the patriarchal age are mentioned in Gen. 18:6-8; 25:34; 27:3, 4; 43:11. Regarding the food of the Israelites in Egypt, see Ex. 16:3; Num. 11:5. In the wilderness their ordinary food was miraculously supplied in the manna. They had also quails (Ex. 16:11-13; Num. 11:31). In the law of Moses there are special regulations as to the animals to be used for food (Lev. 11; Deut. 14:3-21). The Jews were also forbidden to use as food anything that had been consecrated to idols (Ex. 34:15), or animals that had died of disease or had been torn by wild beasts (Ex. 22:31; Lev. 22:8). (See also for other restrictions Ex. 23:19; 29:13-22; Lev. 3:4-9; 9:18, 19; 22:8; Deut. 14:21.) But beyond these restrictions they had a large grant from God (Deut. 14:26; 32:13, 14). Food was prepared for use in various ways. The cereals were sometimes eaten without any preparation (Lev. 23:14; Deut. 23:25; 2 Kings 4:42). Vegetables were cooked by boiling (Gen. 25:30, 34; 2 Kings 4:38, 39), and thus also other articles of food were prepared for use (Gen. 27:4; Prov. 23:3; Ezek. 24:10; Luke 24:42; John 21:9). Food was also prepared by roasting (Ex. 12:8; Lev. 2:14). (See COOK.)
Scripture references
Genesis 1:29Genesis 9:2-5Genesis 18:6-8Genesis 25:34Genesis 27:3Genesis 27:4Genesis 43:11Exodus 16:3Numbers 11:5Exodus 16:11-13Numbers 11:31Leviticus 11Deuteronomy 14:3-21Exodus 34:15Exodus 22:31Leviticus 22:8Exodus 23:19Exodus 29:13-22Leviticus 3:4-9Leviticus 9:18Leviticus 9:19Deuteronomy 14:21Deuteronomy 14:26Deuteronomy 32:13Deuteronomy 32:14Leviticus 23:14Deuteronomy 23:252 Kings 4:42Genesis 25:302 Kings 4:382 Kings 4:39Proverbs 23:3Ezekiel 24:10Luke 24:42John 21:9Exodus 12:8Leviticus 2:14John 21:5Genesis 18:8Judges 5:252 Samuel 17:29Genesis 9:4Leviticus 3:17Leviticus 7:26Leviticus 19:26Leviticus 12:16Leviticus 3:9Leviticus 3:10Leviticus 3:16Leviticus 7:25Leviticus 11:1Deuteronomy 14:4Matthew 3:4
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.