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Strong's G740 ἄρτος (artos)

Artos means “loaf” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H740 — ariel in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G740
Language Greek
Linked Usages 356
Books 48

Strong's G740 Quick Answer

Strong's G740 ἄρτος (artos) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. artos (ar'-tos) n. 1. bread (as raised) or a loaf [from G142] It has 356 linked Bible usages across 48 books. Visible English usage signals include bread, eat, lord, loaves, and said. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
artos (ar'-tos) n. 1. bread (as raised) or a loaf [from G142]
Usage
356 linked usages
Books
48 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
bread, eat, lord, loaves, and said

Meaning and Definition

artos (ar'-tos) n. 1. bread (as raised) or a loaf [from G142] KJV: (shew-)bread, loaf Root(s): G142

Original Word
ἄρτος
Transliteration
artos
Derivation
Root: αἴρω R1: 142
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G740. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

bread

Usage: ἄρτος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for לֶחֶם ;] bread, a loaf: Mat.4:3, 4 Mrk.3:20, al.; ἄρτοι τ. προθέσεως, bread of the setting forth, i.e. the shewbread. Metaphorical, ὁ ἄ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. ζωῆς, ref. to Christ, Jhn.6:33, 35; in general, food: Mat.6:11, al.; ἄ. φαγεῖν (Heb. אֲכֹל לֶחֶם), to eat (MM, see word), Lu 14:1, al. (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

bread eat lord loaves said shalt land god before out upon bring

How Strong's G740 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 239 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G740 (ἄρτος) appears 285 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G740 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G740 in the New Testament

91 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G740 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

239 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 3:19 Septuagint / Brenton

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.

Genesis 14:18 Septuagint / Brenton

And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.

Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Brenton

And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.

Strong's G740 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

26 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G740.

Genesis 3:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat thy bread until thou return to the earth out of which thou wast taken, for earth thou art and to earth thou shalt return.
Genesis 14:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Melchizedek king of Salem brought forth loaves and wine, and he was the priest of the most high God.
Genesis 18:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will bring bread, and ye shall eat, and after this ye shall depart on your journey, on account of which refreshment ye have turned aside to your servant. And he said, So do, as thou hast said.
Genesis 21:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Hagar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness near the well of the oath.
Genesis 24:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.
Genesis 25:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob gave bread to Esau, and pottage of lentils; and he ate and drank, and he arose and departed; so Esau slighted his birthright.
Genesis 27:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she gave the meats, and the loaves which she had prepared, into the hands of Jacob her son.
Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 37:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they sat down to eat bread; and having lifted up their eyes they beheld, and lo, Ishmaelitish travelers came from Gilead, and their camels were heavily loaded with spices, and resin, and myrrh; and they went to bring them to Egypt.
Genesis 39:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he committed all that he had into the hands of Joseph; and he knew not of anything that belonged to him, save the bread which he himself ate. And Joseph was handsome in form, and exceedingly beautiful in countenance.
Genesis 41:54 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
Genesis 41:55 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. And Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do whatsoever he shall tell you.
Genesis 43:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph saw them and his brother Benjamin, born of the same mother; and he said to the steward of his household, Bring the men into the house, and slay beasts and make ready, for the men are to eat bread with me at noon.
Genesis 43:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he washed his face and came out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
Genesis 43:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they set on bread for him alone, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians feasting with him by themselves, for the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians.
Genesis 45:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And to his father he sent presents at the same rate, and ten asses, bearing some of all the good things of Egypt, and ten mules, bearing bread for his father for thy journey.
Genesis 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
Genesis 47:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said to them, Bring your cattle, and I will give you bread for your cattle, if your money is spent.
Genesis 47:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they brought their cattle to Joseph; and Joseph gave them bread in return for their horses, and for their sheep, and for their oxen, and for their asses; and Joseph maintained them with bread for all their cattle in that year.
Genesis 47:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In order, then, that we die not before thee, and the land be made desolate, buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh: give seed that we may sow, and live and not die, so our land shall not be made desolate.
Genesis 49:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Asher, his bread shall be fat; And he shall yield dainties to princes.
Exodus 2:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to his daughters, And where is he? and why have ye left the man? call him therefore, that he may eat bread.
Exodus 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the fleshpots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.
Exodus 16:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Behold, I will rain bread upon you out of heaven: and the people shall go forth, and they shall gather their daily portion for the day, that I may try them whether they will walk in my law or not.
Exodus 16:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, This shall be when the Lord gives you in the evening flesh to eat, and bread in the morning to satiety, because the Lord has heard your murmuring, which ye murmur against us: and what are we? for your murmuring is not against us, but against God.
Exodus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Toward evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 16:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is this? for they knew not what it was; and Moses said to them,
Exodus 16:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
See, for the Lord has given you this day as the Sabbath, therefore he has given you on the sixth day the bread of two days: ye shall sit each of you in your houses; let no one go forth from his place on the seventh day.
Exodus 16:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said, This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Fill an omer with manna, to be laid up for your generations; that they may see the bread which ye ate in the wilderness, when the Lord led you forth out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jethro the father-in-law of Moses took whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for God, for Aaron and all the elders of Israel came to eat bread with the father-in-law of Moses before God.
Exodus 23:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt serve the Lord thy God, and I will bless thy bread and thy wine and thy water, and I will turn away sickness from you.
Exodus 25:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt set upon the table showbread before me continually.
Exodus 29:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and unleavened loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil: thou shalt make them of fine flour of wheat.
Exodus 29:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one cake made with oil, and one cake from the basket of unleavened bread set forth before the Lord.
Exodus 29:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the loaves in the basket, by the doors of the tabernacle of witness.
Exodus 29:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if aught be left of the flesh of the sacrifice of consecration and of the loaves until the morning, thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, for it is a holy thing.
Exodus 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was there before the Lord forty days, and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water; and he wrote upon the tables these words of the covenant, the ten sayings.
Exodus 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and its lamps, lamps for burning, and oil for the light,
Exodus 40:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he put on it the showbread before the Lord, as the Lord commanded Moses.
Leviticus 2:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if he bring as a gift a sacrifice baked from the oven, a gift to the Lord of fine flour, he shall bring unleavened bread kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil.
Leviticus 7:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If a man should offer it for praise, then shall he bring, for the sacrifice of praise, loaves of fine flour made up with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and fine flour kneaded with oil.
Leviticus 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
With leavened bread he shall offer his gifts, with the peace offering of praise.
Leviticus 8:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and put them all on the hands of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons, and offered them up for a wave offering before the Lord.
Leviticus 8:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh in the tent of the tabernacle of witness in the holy place; and there ye shall eat it and the loaves in the basket of consecration, as it has been appointed me, the Lord saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat them.
Leviticus 8:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And that which is left of the flesh and of the loaves burn ye with fire.
Leviticus 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.
Leviticus 22:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.
Leviticus 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if the daughter of a priest should be a widow, or put away, and have no seed, she shall return to her father’s house, as in her youth: she shall eat of her father’s bread, but no stranger shall eat of it.
Leviticus 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall not eat bread, or the new parched corn, until this same day, until ye offer the sacrifices to your God: it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
Leviticus 23:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall bring from your dwelling loaves, as a heave offering, two loaves: they shall be of two tenth portions of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven of the firstfruits to the Lord.
Leviticus 23:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall bring with the loaves seven unblemished lambs of a year old, and one calf of the herd, and two rams without blemish, and they shall be a whole burnt offering to the Lord: and their meat offerings and their drink offerings shall be a sacrifice, a smell of sweet savor to the Lord.
Leviticus 23:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of a year old for a peace offering, with the loaves of the firstfruits.
Leviticus 23:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall place them with the loaves of the firstfruits an offering before the Lord with the two lambs, they shall be holy to the Lord; they shall belong to the priest that brings them.
Leviticus 24:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall take fine flour, and make of it twelve loaves; each loaf shall be of two tenth parts.
Leviticus 24:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall put them in two rows, each row containing six loaves, on the pure table before the Lord.
Leviticus 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And ye shall put on each row pure frankincense and salt; and these things shall be for loaves for a memorial, set forth before the Lord.
Leviticus 26:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And your threshing time shall overtake the vintage, and your vintage shall overtake your seed time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full; and ye shall dwell safely upon your land, and war shall not go through your land.
Leviticus 26:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
When I afflict you with famine of bread, then ten women shall bake your loaves in one oven, and they shall render your loaves by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Numbers 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall put on the table set forth for showbread a cloth all of purple, and the dishes, and the censers, and the cups, and the vessels with which one offers drink offerings; and the continual loaves shall be upon it.
Numbers 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
According to the direction of Aaron and his sons shall be the ministry of the sons of Gershon, in all their ministries, and in all their works; and thou shalt take account of them by name in all things borne by them.
Numbers 6:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and a basket of unleavened bread of fine flour, even loaves kneaded with oil, and unleavened cakes anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offering.
Numbers 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest shall take the sodden shoulder of the ram, and one unleavened loaf from the basket, and one unleavened cake, and shall put them on the hands of the votary after he has shaved off his holy hair.
Numbers 15:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then it shall come to pass, when ye shall eat of the bread of the land, ye shall separate a wave offering, a special offering to the Lord, the firstfruits of your dough.
Numbers 15:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ye shall offer your bread a heave offering: as a heave offering from the threshing floor, so shall ye separate it,
Numbers 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the people spoke against God and against Moses, saying, Why is this? Hast thou brought us out of Egypt to slay us in the wilderness? for there is not bread nor water; and our soul loathes this light bread.
Deuteronomy 8:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he afflicted thee and straitened thee with hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thy fathers knew not; that he might teach thee that man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God shall man live.
Deuteronomy 8:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want anything upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass.
Deuteronomy 9:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
when I went up into the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant, which the Lord made with you, and I was in the mountain forty days and forty nights, I ate no bread and drank no water.
Deuteronomy 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I made my petition before the Lord as also at the first forty days and forty nights: I ate no bread and drank no water, on account of all your sins which ye sinned in doing evil before the Lord God to provoke him.
Deuteronomy 10:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
executing judgment for the stranger and orphan and widow, and he loves the stranger to give him food and raiment.
Deuteronomy 16:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not eat leaven with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction, because ye came forth out of Egypt in haste; that ye may remember the day of your coming forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
Deuteronomy 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
because they met you not with bread and water by the way, when ye went out of Egypt; and because they hired against thee Balaam the son of Beor of Mesopotamia to curse thee.
Deuteronomy 29:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he led you forty years in the wilderness; your garments did not grow old, and your sandals were not worn away off your feet.
Joshua 9:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And old shoes and clouted upon their feet, and old garments upon them; and all the bread of their provision was dry and mouldy.
Joshua 9:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
are the loaves—we took them hot for our journey on the day on which we came out to come to you; and now they are dried and become moldy.
Judges 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came, and behold a man was relating to his neighbor a dream, and he said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream, and behold, a cake of barley bread rolling into the camp of Midian, and it came as far as a tent, and smote it, and it fell, and it turned it up, and the tent fell.
Judges 8:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebah and Zalmunna, kings of Midian.
Judges 8:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the princes of Succoth said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy host?
Judges 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Gideon came to the princes of Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom ye reproached me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna now in thy hand, that we should give bread to thy men that are faint?
Judges 13:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, If thou shouldest detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wouldest offer a whole burnt offering, to the Lord thou shalt offer it: for Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the Lord.
Judges 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass on the fourth day that they rose early, and he stood up to depart; and the father of the damsel said to his son-in-law, Strengthen thy heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward ye shall go.
Judges 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.
Ruth 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she rose up and her two daughters-in-law, and they returned out of the country of Moab, for she heard in the country of Moab that the Lord had visited his people to give them bread.
Ruth 2:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Boaz said to her, Now it is time to eat; come hither, and thou shalt eat of the bread, and thou shalt dip thy morsel in the vinegar: and Ruth sat by the side of the reapers, and Boaz handed her meal, and she ate, and was satisfied, and left.
1 Kingdoms 1:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she went up with him to Shiloh with a calf of three years old, and loaves, and an ephah of fine flour, and a bottle of wine: and she entered into the house of the Lord in Shiloh, and the child with them.
1 Kingdoms 2:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They that were full of bread are brought low; And the hungry have forsaken the land; For the barren has born seven, And she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.
1 Kingdoms 2:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it shall come to pass that he that survives in thy house, shall come to do obeisance before him for a little piece of silver, saying, Put me into one of thy priests’ offices to eat bread.
1 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said to his young man that was with him, Lo, then, we will go; but what shall we bring the man of God? for the loaves are spent out of our vessels, and we have nothing more with us that belongs to us to bring to the man of God.
1 Kingdoms 10:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt depart thence, and shalt go beyond that as far as the oak of Tabor, and thou shalt find there three men going up to God to Bethel, one bearing three kids, and another bearing three vessels of bread, and another bearing a bottle of wine.
1 Kingdoms 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they shall ask thee how thou doest, and shall give thee two presents of bread, and thou shalt receive them of their hand.
1 Kingdoms 14:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul committed a great trespass of ignorance in that day, and he lays a curse on the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread before the evening; so I will avenge myself on my enemy: and none of the people tasted bread, though all the land was dining.
1 Kingdoms 14:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And one of the people answered and said, Thy father solemnly adjured the people, saying, Cursed is the man who shall eat bread today. And the people were very faint,
1 Kingdoms 16:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jesse took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
1 Kingdoms 20:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jonathan sprang up from the table in great anger, and did not eat bread on the second day of the month, for he grieved bitterly for David, because his father determined on mischief against him.
1 Kingdoms 21:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now if there are under thy hand five loaves, give into my hand what is ready.
1 Kingdoms 21:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the priest answered David, and said, There are no common loaves under my hand, for I have none but holy loaves: if the young men have been kept at least from women, then they shall eat them.
1 Kingdoms 21:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So Ahimelech the priest gave him the showbread; for there were no loaves there, but only the presence loaves which had been removed from the presence of the Lord, in order that hot bread should be set on, on the day on which he took them.
1 Kingdoms 22:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jesse conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest inquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?
1 Kingdoms 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And shall I take my bread, and my wine, and my beasts that I have slain for my shearers, and shall I give them to men of whom I know not whence they are?
1 Kingdoms 25:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abigail hastened, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.
1 Kingdoms 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Saul instantly fell at his full length upon the earth, and was greatly afraid because of the words of Samuel; and there was no longer any strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all that day, and all that night.
1 Kingdoms 28:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now hearken, I pray thee, to the voice of thy handmaid, and I will set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and thou shalt be strengthened, for thou wilt be going on thy way.
1 Kingdoms 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they find an Egyptian in the field, and they take him, and bring him to David; and they gave him bread and he ate, and they caused him to drink water.
1 Kingdoms 30:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and he ate, and his spirit was restored in him; for he had not eaten bread, and had not drunk water three days and three nights.
2 Kingdoms 3:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let it fall upon the head of Joab, and upon all the house of his father; and let there not be wanting of the house of Joab one that has an issue, or a leper, or that leans on a staff, or that falls by the sword, or that wants bread.
2 Kingdoms 3:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the people assembled to weep for him. And all the people came to cause David to eat bread while it was yet day: and David swore, saying, God do so to me, and more also, if I eat bread or anything else before the sun goes down.
2 Kingdoms 6:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he distributed to all the people, even to all the host of Israel from Dan to Beersheba, both men and women, to everyone a cake of bread, and a joint of meat, and a cake from the frying pan: and all the people departed every one to his home.
2 Kingdoms 9:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David said to him, Fear not, for I will surely deal mercifully with thee for the sake of Jonathan thy father, and I will restore to thee all the land of Saul the father of thy father; and thou shalt eat bread at my table continually.
2 Kingdoms 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him; and thou shalt bring in bread to the son of thy lord, and he shall eat bread: and Mephibosheth the son of thy lord shall eat bread continually at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
2 Kingdoms 12:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elders of his house arose and went to him to raise him up from the ground, but he would not rise, nor did he eat bread with them.
2 Kingdoms 12:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then David rose up from the earth, and washed, and anointed himself, and changed his raiment, and went into the house of God, and worshiped him; and went into his own house, and called for bread to eat, and they set bread before him and he ate.
2 Kingdoms 12:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his servants said to him, What is this thing that thou hast done concerning the child? while it was yet living thou didst fast, and weep, and watch: and when the child was dead thou didst rise up, and didst eat bread, and drink.
2 Kingdoms 16:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And David passed on a little way from Ros; and, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth came to meet him; and he had a couple of asses laden, and upon them two hundred loaves, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred cakes of dates, and a bottle of wine.
2 Kingdoms 16:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the king said to Ziba, What meanest thou by these? and Ziba said, The asses are for the household of the king to sit upon, and the loaves and the dates are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for them that are faint in the wilderness to drink.
3 Kingdoms 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
into rafts, and bring them to the place which thou shalt send to me about; and I will land them there, and thou shalt take them up: and thou shalt do my will, in giving bread to my household.
3 Kingdoms 7:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And King Solomon took the furniture which Hiram made for the house of the Lord, the golden altar, and the golden table of showbread.
3 Kingdoms 11:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there rise up men out of the city of Midian, and they come to Paran, and take men with them, and come to Pharaoh king of Egypt: and Hadad went in to Pharaoh, and he gave him a house, and appointed him provision.
3 Kingdoms 13:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man of God said to the king, If thou shouldest give me the half of thy house, I would not go in with thee, neither will I eat bread, neither will I drink water in this place; for thus the Lord charged me by his word, saying,
3 Kingdoms 13:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Eat no bread, and drink no water, and return not by the way by which thou camest.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G740, grouped by book.

Genesis 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 8 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 20 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 5 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 10 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Lamentations 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 18 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Malachi 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 20 usages, New Testament
Mark 20 usages, New Testament
Luke 16 usages, New Testament
John 20 usages, New Testament
Acts 5 usages, New Testament
1 Corinthians 6 usages, New Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
2 Thessalonians 2 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Judith 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Tobit 5 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 13 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Daniel 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Book 152 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G740 FAQ

What does artos (ἄρτος) mean?

Artos (Strong's G740) is a Greek word most simply glossed "loaf". artos (ar'-tos) n. 1. bread (as raised) or a loaf [from G142]

How many times is artos (ἄρτος) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 356 linked usages for Strong's G740 across 48 books.

Where can I study artos (ἄρτος) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G740 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate artos (ἄρτος)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as bread, eat, lord, loaves, said, and shalt. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G740 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 239 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 26 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G740, with linked reader references where each row is available.