TBESH · H3899G
לֶ֫חֶם · le.chem · food
: food(eating) 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)
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le.chem H3899
לֶ֫חֶם (le.chem) means “food” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
לֶ֫חֶם Hebrew · H3899 298 tagged occurrences in 277 verses
Pronunciation guide: lekh'-em Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
Lexicon entries
TBESH · H3899H
לֶ֫חֶם · le.chem · food: bread
: bread/loaf 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)
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TBESH · H3899I
לֶ֫חֶם · le.chem · food: allowance
: allowance 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)
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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary
from H3898 (לָחַם); See also H1036 (בֵּית לְעַפְרָה) food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
KJV glosses: (shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
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How translators render H3899
Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| bread | 52 |
| food | 43 |
| of bread | 24 |
| the bread | 20 |
| the food | 11 |
| with food | 11 |
| your bread | 9 |
| of food | 7 |
| and bread | 6 |
| his bread | 5 |
| a meal | 4 |
| for bread | 4 |
| loaves of bread | 4 |
| my bread | 4 |
| with the bread | 4 |
| and food | 3 |
| and the bread | 3 |
| any food | 3 |
| his food | 3 |
| as food | 2 |
| for food | 2 |
| of the showbread | 2 |
| only bread | 2 |
| some bread | 2 |
| the meal | 2 |
| their bread | 2 |
| with bread | 2 |
| a feast | 1 |
| and his bread | 1 |
| and the food | 1 |
| any bread | 1 |
| anything | 1 |
| are his food | 1 |
| as much food | 1 |
| but the food | 1 |
| food however | 1 |
| food to me | 1 |
| for the bread | 1 |
| for the showbread | 1 |
| give him food | 1 |
| grain for bread | 1 |
| her food | 1 |
| in exchange for food | 1 |
| into bread | 1 |
| is food | 1 |
| is the bread | 1 |
| its provisions | 1 |
| like bread | 1 |
| like the bread | 1 |
| loaves | 1 |
| my food | 1 |
| of showbread | 1 |
| or any bread | 1 |
| our bread | 1 |
| our own bread | 1 |
| provisions | 1 |
| some food | 1 |
| something | 1 |
| their food | 1 |
| they will be like bread for us | 1 |
| those who eat your bread | 1 |
| to eat | 1 |
| to feed you | 1 |
| were their food | 1 |
| with its fruit | 1 |
| you with food | 1 |
| your food | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| bread | 80 |
| of bread | 28 |
| the bread | 16 |
| no bread | 10 |
| food | 9 |
| with bread | 9 |
| thy bread | 7 |
| meat | 6 |
| and bread | 5 |
| loaves | 5 |
| my bread | 5 |
| and the bread | 3 |
| for bread | 3 |
| him bread | 3 |
| his bread | 3 |
| of the bread | 3 |
| them bread | 3 |
| them with bread | 3 |
| them with the bread | 3 |
| your bread | 3 |
| him with bread | 2 |
| his food | 2 |
| neither bread | 2 |
| not the bread | 2 |
| of my bread | 2 |
| the food | 2 |
| their meat | 2 |
| a feast | 1 |
| and of the bread | 1 |
| and the shewbread | 1 |
| and there is bread | 1 |
| and there was no bread | 1 |
| and thy bread | 1 |
| as much bread | 1 |
| both for the shewbread | 1 |
| by bread | 1 |
| for the bread | 1 |
| for the food | 1 |
| for the shewbread | 1 |
| for their bread | 1 |
| for there was no bread | 1 |
| for thy food | 1 |
| give him bread | 1 |
| have been my meat | 1 |
| her food | 1 |
| her meat | 1 |
| him food | 1 |
| him victuals | 1 |
| his meat | 1 |
| i eat | 1 |
| it with the bread | 1 |
| like bread | 1 |
| may have food | 1 |
| me bread | 1 |
| me meat | 1 |
| me with food | 1 |
| my meat | 1 |
| neither yet bread | 1 |
| no meat | 1 |
| no more bread | 1 |
| nor that his bread | 1 |
| not bread | 1 |
| not i the bread | 1 |
| of his bread | 1 |
| of his meat | 1 |
| of them bread | 1 |
| of thy bread | 1 |
| of victuals | 1 |
| of your bread | 1 |
| or of the bread | 1 |
| our bread | 1 |
| our own bread | 1 |
| over the shewbread | 1 |
| provision | 1 |
| shewbread | 1 |
| so that there was no bread | 1 |
| that it may be on the bread | 1 |
| the meat | 1 |
| the shewbread | 1 |
| thee bread | 1 |
| their bread | 1 |
| themselves for bread | 1 |
| there but the shewbread | 1 |
| there was bread | 1 |
| thereof and the shewbread | 1 |
| thereof shall be for food | 1 |
| this our bread | 1 |
| thou not the bread | 1 |
| to meat | 1 |
| until all the bread | 1 |
| unto them as the bread | 1 |
| upon them and all the bread | 1 |
| us bread | 1 |
| whereon the shewbread | 1 |
| whereupon the shewbread | 1 |
| which leaveth no food | 1 |
| with meat | 1 |
| with the bread | 1 |
| with the fruit | 1 |
| with their bread | 1 |
| withal and bread | 1 |
| you not with bread | 1 |
| you the bread | 1 |
Verses containing H3899
Page 1 of 6. 277 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
- Genesis 3:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Read word by word - Genesis 14:18
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine—since he was priest of God Most High—
Read word by word - Genesis 18:5
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
Read word by word - Genesis 21:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.
Read word by word - Genesis 25:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob gave some bread and lentil stew to Esau, who ate and drank and then got up and went away. Thus Esau despised his birthright.
Read word by word - Genesis 27:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she handed her son Jacob the tasty food and bread she had made.
Read word by word - Genesis 28:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jacob made a vow, saying, “If God will be with me and watch over me on this journey, and if He will provide me with food to eat and clothes to wear,
Read word by word - Genesis 31:54
· BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Jacob offered a sacrifice on the mountain and invited his relatives to eat a meal. And after they had eaten, they spent the night on the mountain.
Read word by word - Genesis 37:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt.
Read word by word - Genesis 39:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,
Read word by word - Genesis 41:54
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.
Read word by word - Genesis 41:55
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
Read word by word - Genesis 43:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Since the brothers had been told that they were going to eat a meal there, they prepared their gift for Joseph’s arrival at noon.
Read word by word - Genesis 43:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
Read word by word - Genesis 43:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them.
Read word by word - Genesis 45:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey.
Read word by word - Genesis 47:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Joseph also provided his father and brothers and all his father’s household with food for their families.
Read word by word - Genesis 47:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
There was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.
Read word by word - Genesis 47:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, “Give us food. Why should we die before your eyes? For our funds have run out!”
Read word by word - Genesis 47:17
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. Throughout that year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.
Read word by word - Genesis 47:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
Read word by word - Genesis 49:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Asher’s food will be rich; he shall provide royal delicacies.
Read word by word - Exodus 2:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“So where is he?” their father asked. “Why did you leave the man behind? Invite him to have something to eat.”
Read word by word - Exodus 16:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”
Read word by word - Exodus 16:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.
Read word by word - Exodus 16:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses added, “The LORD will give you meat to eat this evening and bread to fill you in the morning, for He has heard your grumbling against Him. Who are we? Your grumblings are not against us but against the LORD.”
Read word by word - Exodus 16:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“I have heard the grumbling of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘At twilight you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be filled with bread. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God.’”
Read word by word - Exodus 16:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
Read word by word - Exodus 16:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On the sixth day, they gathered twice as much food—two omers per person—and all the leaders of the congregation came and reported this to Moses.
Read word by word - Exodus 16:29
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Understand that the LORD has given you the Sabbath; that is why on the sixth day He will give you bread for two days. On the seventh day, everyone must stay where he is; no one may leave his place.”
Read word by word - Exodus 16:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”
Read word by word - Exodus 18:12
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Moses’ father-in-law Jethro brought a burnt offering and sacrifices to God, and Aaron came with all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses’ father-in-law in the presence of God.
Read word by word - Exodus 23:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
Read word by word - Exodus 25:30
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
Read word by word - Exodus 29:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
Read word by word - Exodus 29:23
· BSB · 2 occurrences
along with one loaf of bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer from the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.
Read word by word - Exodus 29:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket.
Read word by word - Exodus 29:34
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
Read word by word - Exodus 34:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights without eating bread or drinking water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant—the Ten Commandments.
Read word by word - Exodus 35:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the table with its poles, all its utensils, and the Bread of the Presence;
Read word by word - Exodus 39:36
· BSB · 1 occurrence
the table with all its utensils and the Bread of the Presence;
Read word by word - Exodus 40:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
Read word by word - Leviticus 3:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest is to burn them on the altar as food, a food offering to the LORD.
Read word by word - Leviticus 3:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as a food offering, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
Read word by word - Leviticus 7:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.
Read word by word - Leviticus 8:26
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And from the basket of unleavened bread that was before the LORD, he took one cake of unleavened bread, one cake of bread made with oil, and one wafer, and he placed them on the fat portions and on the right thigh.
Read word by word - Leviticus 8:31
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings, as I commanded, saying, ‘Aaron and his sons are to eat it.’
Read word by word - Leviticus 8:32
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you must burn up the remainder of the meat and bread.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
Read word by word - Leviticus 21:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
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