Hebrew word

lechem

lekh'-em

לֶחֶם

What it means

food, especially bread, or grain

food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)

Where it comes from

from lâcham (לָחַם); See also Bêyth lᵉ-ʻAphrâh (בֵּית לְעַפְרָה)

How the King James translates it

bread220
food19
meat13
shewbread7
loaves5
victuals2
provision1
eat1

Every place it appears 270

Genesis3:19 14:18 18:5 21:14 25:34 27:17 28:20 31:54 37:25 39:6 41:55 43:32 45:23 47:12 47:13 47:15 47:17 47:19 49:20

Exodus16:3 16:4 16:8 16:12 16:15 16:22 16:29 16:32 18:12 23:25 25:30 29:2 29:23 29:32 29:34 34:28 40:23

Leviticus3:11 3:16 7:13 8:26 8:31 8:32 21:6 21:8 21:17 21:21 21:22 22:13 22:25 23:14 23:17 23:18 23:20 24:7 26:5 26:26

Numbers14:9 15:19 21:5 28:2 28:24

Deuteronomy8:3 8:9 9:9 9:18 10:18 16:3 23:4 29:6

Joshua9:5 9:12

Judges7:13 8:5 8:6 8:15 13:16 19:5 19:19

Ruth2:14

1 Samuel2:5 2:36 9:7 10:3 10:4 14:24 14:28 16:20 17:17 20:24 20:27 20:34 21:3 21:4 21:6 22:13 25:11 25:18 28:20 28:22 30:11 30:12

2 Samuel3:29 3:35 6:19 9:7 9:10 12:17 12:20 12:21 13:5 16:1 16:2

1 Kings4:22 5:9 7:48 11:18 13:8 13:9 13:15 13:16 13:17 13:18 13:19 13:22 13:23 14:3 17:6 17:11 18:4 18:13 21:4 21:5 21:7 22:27

2 Kings4:8 4:42 6:22 18:32 25:3 25:29

1 Chronicles9:32 12:40 16:3 23:29

2 Chronicles4:19 13:11 18:26

Ezra10:6

Nehemiah5:14 5:15 5:18 9:15 13:2

Job3:24 15:23 20:14 22:7 24:5 28:5 33:20 42:11

Psalms14:4 41:9 42:3 53:4 78:20 78:25 80:5 102:9 104:14 104:15 105:40 127:2 136:25 146:7 147:9

Proverbs4:17 6:8 6:26 9:5 9:17 12:11 20:17 22:9 23:6 25:21 27:27 28:19 28:21 30:8 30:25 31:14 31:27

Ecclesiastes9:7 9:11 10:19 11:1

Isaiah3:1 3:7 4:1 21:14 28:28 30:20 30:23 33:16 36:17 44:15 44:19 51:14 55:2 55:10 58:7 65:25

Jeremiah5:17 11:19 37:21 38:9 41:1 42:14 44:17 52:6 52:33

Lamentations1:11 4:4 5:9

Ezekiel4:9 4:13 4:16 4:17 12:18 12:19 13:19 14:13 16:19 16:49 18:7 18:16 24:17 24:22 44:3 44:7 48:18

Daniel10:3

Hosea2:5 9:4

Amos4:6 7:12 8:11

Obadiah1:7

Haggai2:12

Malachi1:7

lechem — Hebrew word meaning “food, especially bread, or grai”