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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Ezekiel 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
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Ezekiel 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
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Ezekiel 4:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
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Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
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Ezekiel 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
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Ezekiel 12:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
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Ezekiel 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
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Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
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Ezekiel 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
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Ezekiel 16:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And you set before them as a pleasing aroma the food I had given you—the fine flour, oil, and honey that I had fed you. That is what happened, declares the Lord GOD.
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Ezekiel 16:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.
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Ezekiel 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
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Ezekiel 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
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Ezekiel 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Put on your turban and strap your sandals on your feet; do not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.”
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Ezekiel 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you will do as I have done: You will not cover your lips or eat the bread of mourners.
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Ezekiel 44:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Only the prince himself may sit inside the gateway to eat in the presence of the LORD. He must enter by way of the portico of the gateway and go out the same way.”
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Ezekiel 44:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition to all your other abominations, you brought in foreigners uncircumcised in both heart and flesh to occupy My sanctuary; you defiled My temple when you offered My food—the fat and the blood; you broke My covenant.
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Ezekiel 48:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.
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Daniel 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ate no rich food, no meat or wine entered my mouth, and I did not anoint myself with oil until the three weeks were completed.
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Hosea 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’
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Hosea 9:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.
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Amos 4:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
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Amos 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Amaziah said to Amos, “Go away, you seer! Flee to the land of Judah; earn your bread there and do your prophesying there.
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Amos 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.
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Obadiah 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the men allied with you will drive you to the border; the men at peace with you will deceive and overpower you. Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you without your awareness of it.
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Haggai 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
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Malachi 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
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