Strong's G740 · Greek
ἄρτος
artos · /ar'-tos/
Definition
from 142; bread (as raised) or a loaf:--(shew-)bread, loaf.
KJV: (shew-)bread, loaf
Root / derivation: from 142
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered ἄρτος across 90 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
90 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Matthew20 verses
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Matthew 6:11Give us this day our daily bread.
Matthew 7:9Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?
Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
Matthew 14:17And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
Matthew 14:19And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 15:2Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.
Matthew 15:33And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
Matthew 15:34And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.
Matthew 15:36And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.
Matthew 16:5And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.
Matthew 16:7And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.
Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
Matthew 16:9Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew 16:10Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?
Matthew 16:11How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Matthew 16:12Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body. blessed it: many Greek copies have gave thanks
Mark20 verses
How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?
Mark 3:20And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.
Mark 6:8And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse. money: the word signifieth a piece of brass money, in value somewhat less than a farthing, Mat.10.9.but here it is taken in general for money
Mark 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Mark 6:37He answered and said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat? pennyworth: the Roman penny is sevenpence halfpenny
Mark 6:38He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.
Mark 6:41And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided he among them all.
Mark 6:44And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.
Mark 6:52For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Mark 7:2And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. defiled: or, common
Mark 7:5Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
Mark 7:27But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.
Mark 8:4And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?
Mark 8:5And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.
Mark 8:6And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground: and he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they did set them before the people.
Mark 8:14Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.
Mark 8:16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Mark 8:19When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.
Mark 14:22And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.
Luke16 verses
And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.
Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
Luke 6:4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Luke 7:33For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.
Luke 9:3And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.
Luke 9:13But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Luke 9:16Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.
Luke 11:3Give us day by day our daily bread. day by day: or, for the day
Luke 11:5And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
Luke 11:11If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
Luke 14:1And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.
Luke 14:15And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Luke 15:17And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
Luke 22:19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Luke 24:30And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.
Luke 24:35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
John20 verses
When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
John 6:7Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.
John 6:9There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?
John 6:11And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
John 6:13Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten.
John 6:23(Howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nigh unto the place where they did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks:)
John 6:26Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
John 6:31Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
John 6:32Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:33For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John 6:34Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.
John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
John 6:41The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.
John 6:48I am that bread of life.
John 6:50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
John 6:51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:58This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.
John 13:18I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
John 21:9As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.
John 21:13Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.
Acts5 verses
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
Acts 2:46And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, from: or, at home
Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
Acts 27:35And when he had thus spoken he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat.
1 Corinthians6 verses
The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
1 Corinthians 10:17For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.
1 Corinthians 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
1 Corinthians 11:26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come. ye do: or, shew ye
1 Corinthians 11:27Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.
1 Corinthians 11:28But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.
2 Corinthians1 verse
2 Thessalonians2 verses
Neither did we eat any man's bread for nought; but wrought with labour and travail night and day, that we might not be chargeable to any of you:
2 Thessalonians 3:12Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's G740 (artos) mean?
from 142; bread (as raised) or a loaf:--(shew-)bread, loaf.
How many times does G740 appear in the Bible?
Strong's G740 (ἄρτος) appears in 90 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “bread.”
How is artos translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's G740 is rendered as “bread” (72×), “loaves” (22×), “shewbread” (3×), “loaf” (1×).
Where does the Greek word ἄρτος come from?
from 142