Brōma βρῶμα

Brōma (Greek βρῶμα, Strong's G1033) is a Greek neuter noun meaning “food”. It occurs 17 times in 15 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Brōma, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 14:15
  And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Mark

• Mark 7:19
  Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)

Luke

• Luke 3:11
  He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.John replied, “Whoever has two tunics should share with him who has none, and whoever has food should do the same.”
• Luke 9:13
  But 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.But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” “We have only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered, “unless we go and buy food for all these people.”

John

• John 4:34
  Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.

Romans

• Romans 14:15
  But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.If your brother is distressed by what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy your brother, for whom Christ died.
• Romans 14:20
  For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to let his eating be a stumbling block.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 3:2
  I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.I gave you milk, not solid food, for you were not yet ready for solid food. In fact, you are still not ready,
• 1 Corinthians 6:13
  Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.
• 1 Corinthians 8:8
  But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.
• 1 Corinthians 8:13
  Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause him to stumble.
• 1 Corinthians 10:3
  And did all eat the same spiritual meat;They all ate the same spiritual food

1 Timothy

• 1 Timothy 4:3
  Forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth.They will prohibit marriage and require abstinence from certain foods that God has created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 9:10
  Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation.They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
• Hebrews 13:9
  Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).