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 5 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.
- Proverbs 12:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Read word by word - Proverbs 20:13
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not love sleep, or you will grow poor; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of food.
Read word by word - Proverbs 20:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Food gained by fraud is sweet to a man, but later his mouth is full of gravel.
Read word by word - Proverbs 22:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A generous man will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
Read word by word - Proverbs 23:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
Read word by word - Proverbs 25:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
Read word by word - Proverbs 27:27
· BSB · 2 occurrences
You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:3
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A destitute leader who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no food.
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Read word by word - Proverbs 28:21
· BSB · 1 occurrence
To show partiality is not good, yet a man will do wrong for a piece of bread.
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:8
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:22
· BSB · 1 occurrence
a servant who becomes king, a fool who is filled with food,
Read word by word - Proverbs 30:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She is like the merchant ships, bringing her food from afar.
Read word by word - Proverbs 31:27
· BSB · 1 occurrence
She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Go, eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a cheerful heart, for God has already approved your works:
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 9:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 10:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.
Read word by word - Ecclesiastes 11:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Cast your bread upon the waters, for after many days you will find it again.
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water,
Read word by word - Isaiah 3:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
On that day he will cry aloud: “I am not a healer. I have no food or clothing in my house. Do not make me leader of the people!”
Read word by word - Isaiah 4:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
Read word by word - Isaiah 21:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.
Read word by word - Isaiah 28:28
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Grain for bread must be ground, but it is not endlessly threshed. Though the wheels of the cart roll over it, the horses do not crush it.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:20
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
Read word by word - Isaiah 30:23
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
Read word by word - Isaiah 33:16
· BSB · 1 occurrence
he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
Read word by word - Isaiah 36:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
until I come and take you away to a land like your own—a land of grain and new wine, a land of bread and vineyards.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:15
· BSB · 1 occurrence
It serves as fuel for man. He takes some of it to warm himself, and he kindles a fire and bakes his bread. He also fashions it into a god and worships it; he makes an idol and bows down to it.
Read word by word - Isaiah 44:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?”
Read word by word - Isaiah 51:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
Read word by word - Isaiah 55:2
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Read word by word - Isaiah 55:10
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
Read word by word - Isaiah 58:7
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
Read word by word - Isaiah 65:25
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, but the food of the serpent will be dust. They will neither harm nor destroy on all My holy mountain,” says the LORD.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 5:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword they will destroy the fortified cities in which you trust.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 11:19
· BSB · 1 occurrence
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 37:21
· BSB · 2 occurrences
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 38:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”
Read word by word - Jeremiah 41:1
· BSB · 1 occurrence
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 42:14
· BSB · 1 occurrence
and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
Read word by word - Jeremiah 44:17
· BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 52:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.
Read word by word - Jeremiah 52:33
· BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.
Read word by word - Lamentations 1:11
· BSB · 1 occurrence
All her people groan as they search for bread. They have traded their treasures for food to keep themselves alive. Look, O LORD, and consider, for I have become despised.
Read word by word - Lamentations 4:4
· BSB · 1 occurrence
The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.
Read word by word - Lamentations 5:6
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.
Read word by word - Lamentations 5:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.
Read word by word - Ezekiel 4:9
· BSB · 1 occurrence
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
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