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צֵידָה
tsêydâh · Hebrew · Strong's H6720 · 11 occurrences
The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “meat”
What it means
food
or צֵדָה; feminine of H6718 (צַיִד);
How the KJV renders it
meat, provision, venison, victuals
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“meat”
“victuals”
“provision”
“venison”
also renders tsayid (H6718)
Where it appears
11 occurrences in the Hebrew text.
1 Samuel 22:10 · HC/Ncbsa
He inquired of Yahweh for him, gave him food, and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.”
Exodus 12:39 · HNcbsa
They baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought out of Egypt; for it wasn’t leavened, because they were thrust out of Egypt, and couldn’t wait, and they had not prepared any food for themselves.
Genesis 27:3 · HNcbsa
Now therefore, please take your weapons, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field, and get me venison.
Genesis 42:25 · HNcbsa
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
Genesis 45:21 · HNcbsa
The sons of Israel did so. Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.
Judges 7:8 · HNcbsa
So the people took food in their hand, and their trumpets; and he sent all the rest of the men of Israel to their own tents, but retained the three hundred men; and the camp of Midian was beneath him in the valley.
Judges 20:10 HNcbsaJoshua 1:11 HNcbsaJoshua 9:5 HNcbsc/Sp3mpJoshua 9:11 HNcbsaPsalm 78:25 HNcbsa
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.