Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H3899

לֶ֫חֶם

le.chem · “food”

Used 299 times across 30 books

Definition

: food(eating)
1) bread, food, grain
1a) bread
1a1) bread
1a2) bread-corn
1b) food (in general)

Where it appears

Genesis

24

Exodus

21

Leviticus

24

Numbers

7

Deuteronomy

8

Joshua

2

Judges

7

Ruth

2

1 Samuel

27

2 Samuel

14

1 Kings

24

2 Kings

8

1 Chronicles

4

2 Chronicles

3

Ezra

1

Nehemiah

6

Job

11

Psalms

19

Proverbs

23

Ecclesiastes

4

Isaiah

16

Jeremiah

10

Lamentations

4

Ezekiel

20

Daniel

1

Hosea

3

Amos

3

Obadiah

1

Haggai

1

Malachi

1

In the text

Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.Genesis 14:18And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth bread and wine: and he was the priest of the most high God.Genesis 18:5And I will fetch a morsel of bread, and comfort ye your hearts; after that ye shall pass on: for therefore are ye come to your servant. And they said, So do, as thou hast said.Genesis 21:14And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer–sheba.Genesis 25:34Then Jacob gave Esau bread and pottage of lentiles; and he did eat and drink, and rose up, and went his way: thus Esau despised his birthright.Genesis 27:17And she gave the savoury meat and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.Genesis 28:20And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,Genesis 31:54Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon the mount, and called his brethren to eat bread: and they did eat bread, and tarried all night in the mount.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.

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