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ἄρτος
ártos · Greek · Strong's G740 · 97 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Hebrew and Greek words as “loaf”
What it means
bread (as raised) or a loaf
from G142 (αἴρω);
How the KJV renders it
shewbread, loaf
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“shewbread”
also renders lechem (H3899)
Answers that weigh this word
- Are any foods forbidden to Christians today?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Are the clean and unclean food laws of Leviticus 11 binding on Christians?
- Does the Bible forbid eating pork?
- Does Peter's vision in Acts 10 abolish the food laws?
- Does Mark 7:19 declare all foods clean?
Where it appears
97 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 10:16 · N-ASM
The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:17 · N-GSM
Because there is one loaf of bread, we, who are many, are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf of bread.
1 Corinthians 11:23 · N-ASM
For I received from the Lord that which also I delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread.
1 Corinthians 11:26 · N-ASM
For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
1 Corinthians 11:27 · N-ASM
Therefore whoever eats this bread or drinks the Lord’s cup in a way unworthy of the Lord will be guilty of the body and the blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28 · N-GSM
But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of the bread and drink of the cup.
2 Corinthians 9:10 N-ASM2 Thessalonians 3:8 N-ASM2 Thessalonians 3:12 N-ASMActs 2:42 N-GSMActs 2:46 N-ASMActs 20:7 N-ASMActs 20:11 N-ASMActs 27:35 N-ASMHebrews 9:2 N-GPMJohn 6:5 N-APMJohn 6:7 N-NPMJohn 6:9 N-APMJohn 6:11 N-APMJohn 6:13 N-GPMJohn 6:23 N-ASMJohn 6:26 N-GPMJohn 6:31 N-ASMJohn 6:32 N-ASMJohn 6:33 N-NSMJohn 6:34 N-ASMJohn 6:35 N-NSMJohn 6:41 N-NSMJohn 6:48 N-NSMJohn 6:50 N-NSMJohn 6:51 N-GSMJohn 6:58 N-ASMJohn 13:18 N-ASMJohn 21:9 N-ASMJohn 21:13 N-ASMLuke 4:3 N-NSMLuke 4:4 N-DSMLuke 6:4 N-APMLuke 7:33 N-ASMLuke 9:3 N-ASMLuke 9:13 N-NPMLuke 9:16 N-APMLuke 11:3 N-ASMLuke 11:5 N-APMLuke 11:11 N-ASMLuke 14:1 N-ASMLuke 14:15 N-ASMLuke 15:17 N-GPMLuke 22:19 N-ASMLuke 24:30 N-ASMLuke 24:35 N-GSMMatthew 4:3 N-NPMMatthew 4:4 N-DSMMatthew 6:11 N-ASMMatthew 7:9 N-ASMMatthew 12:4 N-APMMatthew 14:17 N-APMMatthew 14:19 N-APMMatthew 15:2 N-ASMMatthew 15:26 N-ASM
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