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 · 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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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.

BSB rendering counts
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

KJV rendering counts
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

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1 Chronicles 9:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the showbread every Sabbath.
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1 Chronicles 12:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.
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Source alternate reference: 12.41
1 Chronicles 16:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he distributed to every man and woman of Israel a loaf of bread, a date cake, and a raisin cake.
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1 Chronicles 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as well as for the rows of the showbread, the fine flour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the baking, the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.
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2 Chronicles 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of God: the golden altar; the tables on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
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2 Chronicles 13:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.
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2 Chronicles 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”
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Ezra 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Ezra withdrew from before the house of God and walked to the chamber of Jehohanan son of Eliashib. And while he stayed there, he ate no food and drank no water, because he was mourning over the unfaithfulness of the exiles.
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Nehemiah 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, from the day King Artaxerxes appointed me to be their governor in the land of Judah, from his twentieth year until his thirty-second year (twelve years total), neither I nor my brothers ate the food allotted to the governor.
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Nehemiah 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God.
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Nehemiah 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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Nehemiah 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.
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Nehemiah 10:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
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Source alternate reference: 10.34
Nehemiah 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they had not met the Israelites with food and water, but had hired Balaam to call down a curse against them (although our God had turned the curse into a blessing).
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Job 3:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
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Job 6:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
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Job 15:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He wanders about as food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
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Job 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
yet in his stomach his food sours into the venom of cobras within him.
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Job 22:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
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Job 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
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Job 27:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
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Job 28:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Food may come from the earth, but from below it is transformed as by fire.
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Job 30:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They plucked mallow among the shrubs, and the roots of the broom tree were their food.
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Job 33:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food.
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Job 42:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All his brothers and sisters and prior acquaintances came and dined with him in his house. They consoled him and comforted him over all the adversity that the LORD had brought upon him. And each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
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Psalms 14:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
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Psalms 37:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I once was young and now am old, yet never have I seen the righteous abandoned or their children begging for bread.
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Psalms 41:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
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Source alternate reference: 41.10
Psalms 42:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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Source alternate reference: 42.4
Psalms 53:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon God.
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Source alternate reference: 53.5
Psalms 78:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When He struck the rock, water gushed out and torrents raged. But can He also give bread or supply His people with meat?”
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Psalms 78:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.
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Psalms 80:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
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Source alternate reference: 80.6
Psalms 102:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.
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Source alternate reference: 102.5
Psalms 102:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
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Source alternate reference: 102.10
Psalms 104:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
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Psalms 104:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.
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Psalms 105:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.
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Psalms 105:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
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Psalms 127:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.
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Psalms 132:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will bless her with abundant provisions; I will satisfy her poor with bread.
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Psalms 136:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.
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Psalms 146:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
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Psalms 147:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
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Proverbs 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
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Proverbs 6:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
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Proverbs 6:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the levy of the prostitute is poverty, and the adulteress preys upon your very life.
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Proverbs 9:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Come, eat my bread and drink the wine I have mixed.
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Proverbs 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
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Proverbs 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
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