Strong G740ἄρτος
bread
- Transliteration
- artos
- Pronunciation
- ar'-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G142; bread (as raised) or a loaf: - (shew-) bread loaf.
Detailed definition
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)
[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)
In the Bible
Strong G740 appears in 91 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bread67
- loaf21
- the7
- shewbread4
- of1
First verses
- 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?
- Matthew 14:17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
- Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
- Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
- Matthew 15:34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
- Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
- Matthew 16:5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
- Matthew 16:7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
- Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
- Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
- Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
- Matthew 16:12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
- Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄρτος, ὁ,
cake or loaf of wheat-bread, mostly in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.120, +others)]; ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, [Refs (17.343)]; collectively, bread, δούλιον ἄρτον ἔδων[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.6; ἄ. τρισκοπάνιστος Batrachomyomachia 35)]; opposed to μᾶζα (porridge), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 37.)] —Freq. in all writers.
II ἄρτος· βόλος τις, καὶ ὁ Ἀθηναίων ξένος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
cake or loaf of wheat-bread, mostly in plural, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.120, +others)]; ἄρτος οὖλος a whole loaf, [Refs (17.343)]; collectively, bread, δούλιον ἄρτον ἔδων[Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus “Supp.” 2.6; ἄ. τρισκοπάνιστος Batrachomyomachia 35)]; opposed to μᾶζα (porridge), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 37.)] —Freq. in all writers.
II ἄρτος· βόλος τις, καὶ ὁ Ἀθηναίων ξένος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]