Artos ἄρτος

Artos (Greek ἄρτος, Strong's G740) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “bread”. It occurs 99 times in 91 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 Artos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 4:3
  And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.The tempter came to Him and said, “If You are the Son of God, tell these stones to become bread.”
• Matthew 4:4
  But 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.But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”
• Matthew 6:11
  Give us this day our daily bread.Give us this day our daily bread.
• Matthew 7:9
  Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone?Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
• Matthew 12:4
  How 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?He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.
• Matthew 14:17
  And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.“We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.
• Matthew 14:19
  And 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.And He directed the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, He spoke a blessing. Then He broke the loaves and gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
• Matthew 15:2
  Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread.“Why do Your disciples break the tradition of the elders? They do not wash their hands before they eat.”
• Matthew 15:26
  But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.But Jesus replied, “It is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
• Matthew 15:33
  And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?The disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could we find enough bread to feed such a large crowd?”
• Matthew 15:34
  And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes.“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied, “and a few small fish.”
• Matthew 15:36
  And 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.Taking the seven loaves and the fish, He gave thanks and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.
• Matthew 16:5
  And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.When they crossed to the other side, the disciples forgot to take bread.
• Matthew 16:7
  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”
• Matthew 16:8
  Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
• Matthew 16:9
  Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?Do you still not understand? Do you not remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
• Matthew 16:10
  Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?
• Matthew 16:11
  How 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?How do you not understand that I was not telling you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
• Matthew 16:12
  Then 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.Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
• Matthew 26:26
  And 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.While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.”

Mark

• Mark 2:26
  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?During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”
• Mark 3:20
  And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread.Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
• Mark 6:8
  And commanded them that they should take nothing for their journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their purse:He instructed them to take nothing but a staff for the journey—no bread, no bag, no money in their belts—
• Mark 6:36
  Send 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.Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
• Mark 6:37
  He 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?But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
• Mark 6:38
  He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes.“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
• Mark 6:41
  And 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.Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke the loaves. Then He gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And He divided the two fish among them all.
• Mark 6:44
  And they that did eat of the loaves were about five thousand men.And there were five thousand men who had eaten the loaves.
• Mark 6:52
  For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.for they had not understood about the loaves, but their hearts had been hardened.
• Mark 7:2
  And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
• Mark 7:5
  Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
• Mark 7:27
  But 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.“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
• Mark 8:4
  And his disciples answered him, From whence can a man satisfy these men with bread here in the wilderness?His disciples replied, “Where in this desolate place could anyone find enough bread to feed all these people?”
• Mark 8:5
  And he asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven.“How many loaves do you have?” Jesus asked. “Seven,” they replied.
• Mark 8:6
  And 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.And He instructed the crowd to sit down on the ground. Then He took the seven loaves, gave thanks and broke them, and gave them to His disciples to set before the people. And they distributed them to the crowd.
• Mark 8:14
  Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf.Now the disciples had forgotten to take bread, except for one loaf they had with them in the boat.
• Mark 8:16
  And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
• Mark 8:17
  And 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?Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
• Mark 8:19
  When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve.When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
• Mark 14:22
  And as they did eat, Jesus took bread, and blessed, and brake it, and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: this is my body.While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.”

Luke

• Luke 4:3
  And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread.The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
• Luke 4:4
  And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
• Luke 6:4
  How 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?He entered the house of God, took the consecrated bread and gave it to his companions, and ate what is lawful only for the priests to eat.”
• Luke 7:33
  For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil.For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’
• Luke 9:3
  And he said unto them, Take nothing for your journey, neither staves, nor scrip, neither bread, neither money; neither have two coats apiece.“Take nothing for the journey,” He told them, “no staff, no bag, no bread, no money, no second tunic.
• 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.”
• Luke 9:16
  Then 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.Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, Jesus spoke a blessing and broke them. Then He gave them to the disciples to set before the people.
• Luke 11:3
  Give us day by day our daily bread.Give us each day our daily bread.
• Luke 11:5
  And 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;Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
• Luke 11:11
  If 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?What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
• Luke 14:1
  And 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.One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.
• Luke 14:15
  And 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.When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 15:17
  And 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!Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food? But here I am, starving to death!
• Luke 22:19
  And 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.And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
• Luke 24:30
  And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them.While He was reclining at the table with them, He took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to them.
• Luke 24:35
  And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.Then the two told what had happened on the road, and how they had recognized Jesus in the breaking of the bread.

John

• John 6:5
  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?When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
• John 6:7
  Philip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little.Philip answered, “Two hundred denarii would not buy enough bread for each of them to have a small piece.”
• John 6:9
  There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many?“Here is a boy with five barley loaves and two small fish. But what difference will these make among so many?”
• John 6:11
  And 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.Then Jesus took the loaves and the fish, gave thanks, and distributed to those who were seated as much as they wanted.
• John 6:13
  Therefore 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.So they collected them and filled twelve baskets with the pieces of the five barley loaves left over by those who 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:)However, some boats from Tiberias landed near the place where the people had eaten the bread after the Lord had given thanks.
• John 6:26
  Jesus 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.Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
• John 6:31
  Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
• John 6:32
  Then 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.Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
• John 6:33
  For the bread of God is he which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
• John 6:34
  Then said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread.“Sir,” they said, “give us this bread at all times.”
• John 6:35
  And 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.Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
• John 6:41
  The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven.At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”
• John 6:48
  I am that bread of life.I am the bread of life.
• John 6:50
  This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die.
• John 6:51
  I 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.I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”
• John 6:58
  This 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.This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”
• John 13:18
  I 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.I am not speaking about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But this is to fulfill the Scripture: ‘The one who shares My bread has lifted up his heel against Me.’
• John 21:9
  As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread.When they landed, they saw a charcoal fire there with fish on it, and some bread.
• John 21:13
  Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise.Jesus came and took the bread and gave it to them, and He did the same with the fish.

Acts

• Acts 2:42
  And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
• Acts 2:46
  And 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,With one accord they continued to meet daily in the temple courts and to break bread from house to house, sharing their meals with gladness and sincerity of heart,
• Acts 20:7
  And 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.On the first day of the week we came together to break bread. Since Paul was ready to leave the next day, he talked to them and kept on speaking until midnight.
• Acts 20:11
  When 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.Then Paul went back upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he departed.
• Acts 27:35
  And 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.After he had said this, Paul took bread and gave thanks to God in front of them all. Then he broke it and began to eat.

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 10:16
  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?Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
• 1 Corinthians 10:17
  For we being many are one bread, and one body: for we are all partakers of that one bread.Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.
• 1 Corinthians 11:23
  For 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:For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you: The Lord Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, took bread,
• 1 Corinthians 11:26
  For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord’s death till he come.For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.
• 1 Corinthians 11:27
  Wherefore whosoever shall eat this bread, and drink this cup of the Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of the body and blood of the Lord.Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 11:28
  But let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup.Each one must examine himself before he eats of the bread and drinks of the cup.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 9:10
  Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.

2 Thessalonians

• 2 Thessalonians 3:8
  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:nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12
  Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.We command and urge such people by our Lord Jesus Christ to begin working quietly to earn their own living.

Hebrews

• Hebrews 9:2
  For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

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).