Strong H3899H3899Gלֶ֫חֶם
food
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3899
- Transliteration
- lechem
- Pronunciation
- lekh'-em
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
: food(eating)
1) bread, food, grain
1a) bread
1a1) bread
1a2) bread-corn
1b) food (in general)
1) bread, food, grain
1a) bread
1a1) bread
1a2) bread-corn
1b) food (in general)
General definition
In the Bible
Strong H3899G appears in 67 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bread33
- food17
- meat14
- victual2
- fruit1
First verses
- Genesis 37:25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
- Genesis 39:6And he left all that he had in Joseph’s hand; and he knew not ought he had, save the bread which he did eat. And Joseph was a goodly person, and well favoured.
- Genesis 43:31And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
- Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
- Genesis 47:12And Joseph nourished his father, and his brethren, and all his father’s household, with bread, according to their families.
- Genesis 47:13And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
- Genesis 47:15And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread: for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth.
- Genesis 47:17And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
- Genesis 47:19Wherefore shall we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate.
- Genesis 49:20Out of Asher his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.
- Leviticus 3:11And the priest shall burn it upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord.
- Leviticus 3:16And the priest shall burn them upon the altar: it is the food of the offering made by fire for a sweet savour: all the fat is the Lord’s.
- Leviticus 22:7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
- Leviticus 22:11But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
- Leviticus 22:13But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
- Numbers 21:5And the people spake against God, and against Moses, Wherefore have ye brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? for there is no bread, neither is there any water; and our soul loatheth this light bread.
- Numbers 28:2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
- Numbers 28:24After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
- Deuteronomy 10:18He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
- Judges 13:16And the angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the Lord. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.