Strong H3899H3899Iלֶ֫חֶם
food: allowance
One of the 3 senses of Strong H3899
- Transliteration
- lechem
- Pronunciation
- lekh'-em
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
: allowance
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 H3899I appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bread4
- provision1
First verses
- 1 Kings 4:22And Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal,
- Nehemiah 5:14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor.
- Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.
- Nehemiah 5:18Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.
- Jeremiah 52:33And changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life.