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H3899Hלֶ֫חֶםle.chem

food: breadPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 13
  2. 21
  3. 19
  4. 3
  5. 7
  6. 2
  7. 6
  8. 1
  9. 20
  10. 8
  11. 19
  12. 4
  13. 3
  14. 3
  15. 1
  16. 3
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 7
  19. 14
  20. 15
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 15
  24. 5
  25. 3
  26. 17
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 3
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 3
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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Other meanings of H3899

  • H3899Gלֶ֫חֶםle.chemfoodH:N-MOccurrences: 72
  • H3899Iלֶ֫חֶםle.chemfood: allowanceH:N-MOccurrences: 5

221 occurrences in 206 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. 1 Kings 13:23

    Now after the meal he made ready the ass for him, for the prophet whom he had taken back.

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  2. 1 Kings 14:3

    And take with you ten cakes of bread and dry cakes and a pot of honey, and go to him: he will give you word of what is to become of the child.

    לֶ֧חֶם Le.chem “bread[s]”

  3. 1 Kings 17:6

    And the ravens took him bread in the morning and meat in the evening; and the water of the stream was his drink.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”וְלֶ֥חֶם (לֶ֥חֶם) Le.chem “bread”

  4. 1 Kings 17:11

    And when she was going to get it, he said to her, And get me with it a small bit of bread.

    לֶ֖חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  5. 1 Kings 18:4

    For when Jezebel was cutting off the prophets of the Lord, Obadiah took a hundred of them, and kept them secretly in a hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water.)

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “food”

  6. 1 Kings 18:13

    Has my lord not had word of what I did when Jezebel was putting the Lord's prophets to death? how I kept a hundred of them in a secret hole in the rock, fifty at a time, and gave them bread and water?

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “food”

  7. 1 Kings 21:7

    Then Jezebel, his wife, said, Are you now the ruler of Israel? Get up, take food, and let your heart be glad; I will give you the vine-garden of Naboth the Jezreelite.

    לֶ֙חֶם֙ le.chem “food”

  8. 1 Kings 22:27

    And say, It is the king's order that this man is to be put in prison and given prison food till I come again in peace.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  9. 2 Kings 4:42

    Now a man came from Baal-shalishah with an offering of first-fruits for the man of God, twenty barley cakes and garden fruit in his bag. And he said, Give these to the people for food.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread of”לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread[s] of”

  10. 2 Kings 6:22

    But he said in answer, You are not to put them to death; have you any right to put to death those whom you have not taken prisoner with your sword and your bow? put bread and water before them, so that they may have food and drink and go to their master.

    לֶ֨חֶם Le.chem “food”

  11. 2 Kings 18:32

    Till I come and take you away to a land like yours, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vine-gardens, a land of oil-giving olives and of honey, so that life and not death may be your fate. Give no attention to Hezekiah when he says to you, The

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  12. 1 Chronicles 9:32

    And some of their brothers, sons of the Kohathites, were responsible for the holy bread which was put in order before the Lord, to get it ready every Sabbath.

    לֶ֣חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  13. 1 Chronicles 16:3

    And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.

    לֶ֔חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  14. 1 Chronicles 23:29

    The holy bread was in their care, and the crushed grain for the meal offering, of unleavened cakes or meal cooked over the fire or in water; they had control of all sorts of weights and measures;

    וּלְלֶ֨חֶם (לֶ֨חֶם) Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  15. 2 Chronicles 4:19

    And Solomon made all the vessels used in the house of God, the gold altar and the tables on which the holy bread was placed,

    לֶ֥חֶם Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  16. 2 Chronicles 13:11

    By whom burned offerings and perfumes are sent up in smoke before the Lord every morning and every evening; and they put out the holy bread on its table and the gold support for the lights with its lights burning every evening; for we keep the orders giv

    לֶ֜חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  17. 2 Chronicles 18:26

    And say, By the king's order this man is to be put in prison, and given prison food till I come back in peace.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “bread”

  18. Ezra 10:6

    Then Ezra got up from before the house of God and went into the room of Jehohanan, the son of Eliashib; but when he came there, he took no food or drink, for he was sorrowing for the sin of those who had come back.

    לֶ֤חֶם Le.chem “food”

  19. Nehemiah 9:15

    And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

    וְ֠לֶחֶם (לֶחֶם) le.chem “bread”

  20. Nehemiah 10:33

    For the holy bread, and for the regular meal offering and the regular burned offering on the Sabbaths and at the new moon and the fixed feasts, and for the sin-offerings to take away the sin of Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

    לְלֶ֣חֶם (לֶ֣חֶם) Le.chem “[the] bread of”

  21. Nehemiah 13:2

    Because they did not give the children of Israel bread and water when they came to them, but got Balaam to put a curse on them: though the curse was turned into a blessing by our God.

    בַּלֶּ֣חֶם (לֶּ֣חֶם) Le.chem “food”

  22. Job 3:24

    In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.

    לַ֭חְמִי (לַ֭חְמִ) Lach.m “food”

  23. Job 15:23

    He is wandering about in search of bread, saying, Where is it? and he is certain that the day of trouble is ready for him:

    לַלֶּ֣חֶם (לֶּ֣חֶם) Le.chem “food”

  24. Job 22:7

    You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”

  25. Job 27:14

    If his children are increased, it is for the sword; and his offspring have not enough bread.

    לָֽחֶם׃ La.chem “bread”