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Lexicon :: Strong's H3899 - leḥem

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לֶחֶם
Transliteration
leḥem
Pronunciation
lekh'-em
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1105a

Strong’s Definitions

לֶחֶם lechem, lekh'-em; from H3898; See also H1036 food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it):—(shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 297x

The KJV translates Strong's H3899 in the following manner: bread (237x), food (21x), meat (18x), shewbread (with H6440) (5x), loaves (5x), shewbread (with H4635) (3x), shewbread (2x), victuals (2x), eat (1x), feast (1x), fruit (1x), provision (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 297x
The KJV translates Strong's H3899 in the following manner: bread (237x), food (21x), meat (18x), shewbread (with H6440) (5x), loaves (5x), shewbread (with H4635) (3x), shewbread (2x), victuals (2x), eat (1x), feast (1x), fruit (1x), provision (1x).

  1. bread, food, grain

    1. bread

      1. bread

      2. bread-corn

    2. food (in general)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
לֶחֶם lechem, lekh'-em; from H3898; See also H1036 food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it):—(shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
STRONGS H3899: Abbreviations
לֶ֫חֶם 296 noun masculine1 Samuel 9:7 and (rarely) feminineGenesis 49:20 (see below, and Dr1 Samuel 10:4) bread, food (Phoenician לחם bread; Late Hebrew לֶחֶם; Aramaic לַחְמָא, bdb053604, as Hebrew; Arabic bdb053605 flesh, meat, (compare Frä30)); — absolute ל׳ Genesis 3:19 +; לָ֑חֶם Genesis 31:54 +; לֶ֑חֶם Psalm 14:4 + 2 times; construct לֶחֶם Hosea 9:4 +; suffix לַחְמִי Job 3:24 +, לַחְמְךָ Obadiah 7 +, לַחְמָם Hosea 9:4b, + Hosea 9:4a (for MT לָהֶם), We GASm Now, + etc.; —
1.
a. bread, the ordinary food of early Hebrews (BenzArchaeology 84 ff NowArchaeology i. 109 ff.) Exodus 21:14 (E), Numbers 21:5; Joshua 9:5, 12 (JE), Deuteronomy 8:3; Deuteronomy 23:5; Exodus 16:3 (P) +; כִּכַּרלֿ׳ loaf of bread 1 Samuel 2:36 + (see כִּכָּר below כרר), and without ככר (always with number)† 1 Samuel 10:4; 1 Samuel 16:20 (see Dr), 1 Samuel 17:7; 1 Samuel 21:4; 1 Samuel 25:18; 2 Samuel 16:1; 1 Kings 14:3; 2 Kings 4:42 †; חַלַת ל׳ cake of bread 2 Samuel 6:19; Exodus 29:23 + (see חַלָּה below I. חלל); made from barley (שְׂעֹרִים); Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42 (see also לָחֶם above); from wheat-flour (סֹלֶת חִטִים) Exodus 29:2 (P); compare the mixture Ezekiel 4:9; made by baking (אפה) Isaiah 44:15, 19; Leviticus 26:26 (H; compare Jeremiah 37:21); † פַּת־ל׳ a bit of bread 1 Samuel 2:36; 1 Kings 17:11; Proverbs 28:21, compare Ezekiel 13:19, as modest term for a hospitable meal Genesis 18:5 (J), Judges 19:5; 1 Samuel 28:22 †; distinguished from meat (flesh), Genesis 27:17 (J) 1 Samuel 25:11; 1 Kings 17:6 (twice in verse); Exodus 16:8, 12 (also Exodus 16:3 above), Exodus 29:32, 34; Leviticus 8:31 (all P), Leviticus 23:18 (H), 1 Chronicles 12:40; Psalm 78:20; Daniel 10:3; = a meal 1 Samuel 20:27, אָכַל ל׳ = take a meal Genesis 31:54 (twice in verse); Genesis 37:25; Genesis 43:25, 32 +; אכל לַחְמִי Psalm 41:10 eat my bread, establishing an obligation, compare Obadiah 7 (read אֹכְלֵי ל׳ according to MartiKau AT; strike out ל׳ Greek Version of the LXX Hi We, compare VB) עשׂה ל׳ = make a feast Ecclesiastes 10:19; מַטֵּה ל׳ staff of bread (as support of life), only late † Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13; Leviticus 26:26 (H), Psalm 105:16; cf.מִשְׁעַן ל׳ Isaiah 3:1 (gloss) †; leavened bread is חָמֵץ ל׳ Leviticus 7:13; unleavened bread is מַצּוֺת ל׳ Exodus 29:2 (both P); † (הַ)פָּנִים ל׳ bread of the face (of י׳; i.e. in his presence, DiLeviticus 24:9 Dr1 Samuel 21:7); in the sanctuary 1 Samuel 21:7; 1 Kings 7:48 2 Chronicles 4:19; Exodus 25:30; Exodus 35:13; Exodus 39:36, without פ׳ Exodus 40:23 (all P); = הַתָּמִיד ל׳ Numbers 4:7 (P), קֹדֶשׁ ל׳ 1 Samuel 21:5; in Chronicles הַמַּעֲרָ֑כֶת ל׳ 1 Chronicles 9:32; compare 1 Chronicles 23:29; Nehemiah 10:34, ל׳ מ׳ 2 Chronicles 13:11; opposed to חֹל ל׳ 1 Samuel 21:5 †; תְּנוּפִה ל׳ Leviticus 23:17 wave-loaf; (הַ)בִּכֻּרִים ל׳ Leviticus 23:20; 2 Kings 4:42 bread of first-fruits.
† b. = bread-corn, the material from which bread is made, i.e. wheat, barley, etc.: Genesis 41:54, 55 (E), Genesis 47:13, 15, 17 (twice in verse); Genesis 47:19 (J), Genesis 49:20 (poem in J), Isaiah 28:28; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 55:10; Jeremiah 5:17; Ezekiel 48:18; Job 28:5; Proverbs 28:3; Psalm 104:14; הָאָרֶץ ל׳ Numbers 15:19 (P), ארץ ל׳ 2 Kings 18:32 = Isaiah 36:17 †.
2. food in general:
a. of man, Judges 13:16 (kid, Judges 13:15) 1 Samuel 14:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 14:28 (honey), 1 Samuel 28:20; 1 Samuel 30:12; Proverbs 22:9; Proverbs 27:27 (twice in verse) (goat's milk) +; לְכָלבָּֿשָׂר נֹתֵן ל׳ Psalm 136:25.
†b. of animals, Proverbs 6:8; Proverbs 30:25; Prov 65:25; Job 24:5 + Psalm 147:9 †.
c. of God (in sacrifices): † אֱלֹהֵיהֶם ל׳ (compare RSSemitic i. 207, 2nd ed., 224) Leviticus 21:6 compare Leviticus 21:8; Leviticus 21:17; Leviticus 21:21; Leviticus 21:22, Leviticus 22:25 (all H), compare Numbers 28:2 (P), Ezekiel 16:19; Ezekiel 44:7, and מְגֹאָל ל׳ Malachi 1:7, also (לי׳) אִשֶּׁה ל׳ Leviticus 3:11, 16; Numbers 28:24 (all P) †.
3. other phrases and figurative uses are:
a. רֶשַׁע ל׳ Proverbs 4:17 (accusative of congnate meaning with verb with לָחַם), probably = food gained by wickedness ׅ || (יִיִן חֲמָסִים, compare שָׁ֑קֶר ל׳ Proverbs 20:17, כְּזָבִים ל׳ Proverbs 23:3; עַצְלוּת ל׳ Proverbs 31:27 = bread of idleness, i.e. unearned; חֻקִּי ל׳ Proverbs 30:8 (opposed to riches and poverty, see חֹק); לַחַץ ל׳ 1 Kings 22:27 = 2 Chronicles 18:26, see לַחַץ below; הָעֲצָבִים ל׳ Psalm 127:2 see II. עֶצָב; אוֺנִים ל׳ Hosea 9:4, see אָוֶן; אֲנָשִׁים ל׳ Ezekiel 24:17, 22 of food offered to mourners, compare Jeremiah 16:7 (where insert ל׳ Greek Version of the LXX Gf Gie); שַׁלַּח לחמך עלפֿני המים Ecclesiastes 11:1 usual interpration of benevolent giving (compare Now); De and others of sea-commerce in bread-stuffs, compare Proverbs 31:14.
b. figurative לַחְמֵנוּ הֵם Numbers 14:9 (JE) our food are they, i.e. we will devour, destroy, them (compare Deuteronomy 7:16); דִּמְעָתִּי ל׳ Psalm 42:4; compare Psalm 80:6 (see אכל above); ל׳ of evil deeds of wicked Job 20:14; עֵץ בְּלַחְמוֺ Jeremiah 11:19 apparently fig.of destroying the prophet and his house, but read probably בְּלֵחוֺ in its freshness (i.e. untimely), so Hi Gf Che Gie (see לֵחַ below לחח above).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3900.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:19; 18:5; 27:17; 31:54; 31:54; 37:25; 41:54; 41:55; 43:25; 43:32; 47:13; 47:15; 47:17; 47:19; 49:20; 49:20

Exodus

16:3; 16:3; 16:8; 16:12; 21:14; 25:30; 29:2; 29:2; 29:23; 29:32; 29:34; 35:13; 39:36; 40:23

Leviticus

3:11; 3:16; 7:13; 8:31; 21:6; 21:8; 21:17; 21:21; 21:22; 22:25; 23:17; 23:18; 23:20; 24:9; 26:26; 26:26

Numbers

4:7; 14:9; 15:19; 21:5; 28:2; 28:24

Deuteronomy

7:16; 8:3; 23:5

Joshua

9:5; 9:12

Judges

7:13; 13:15; 13:16; 19:5

1 Samuel

2:36; 2:36; 9:7; 10:4; 10:4; 14:24; 14:28; 16:20; 17:7; 20:27; 21:4; 21:5; 21:5; 21:7; 21:7; 25:11; 25:18; 28:20; 28:22; 30:12

2 Samuel

6:19; 16:1

1 Kings

7:48; 14:3; 17:6; 17:11; 22:27

2 Kings

4:42; 4:42; 4:42; 18:32

1 Chronicles

9:32; 12:40; 23:29

2 Chronicles

4:19; 13:11; 18:26

Nehemiah

10:34

Job

3:24; 20:14; 24:5; 28:5

Psalms

14:4; 41:10; 42:4; 78:20; 80:6; 104:14; 105:16; 127:2; 136:25; 147:9

Proverbs

4:17; 6:8; 20:17; 22:9; 23:3; 27:27; 28:3; 28:21; 30:8; 30:25; 31:14; 31:27

Ecclesiastes

10:19; 11:1

Isaiah

3:1; 28:28; 30:23; 36:17; 44:15; 44:19; 55:10

Jeremiah

5:17; 11:19; 16:7; 37:21

Ezekiel

4:9; 4:16; 5:16; 13:19; 14:13; 16:19; 24:17; 24:22; 44:7; 48:18

Daniel

10:3

Hosea

9:4; 9:4; 9:4; 9:4

Obadiah

1:7; 1:7

Malachi

1:7

H3899

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Strong's Number H3899 matches the Hebrew לֶחֶם (leḥem),
which occurs 298 times in 277 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 6 (1Ch 9:32–Pro 12:9)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:32 - And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the shewbread, H3899 to prepare it every sabbath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:40 - Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread H3899 on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for there was joy in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:3 - And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, H3899 and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:29 - Both for the shewbread, H3899 and for the fine flour for meat offering, and for the unleavened cakes, and for that which is baked in the pan, and for that which is fried, and for all manner of measure and size;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 4:19 - And Solomon made all the vessels that were for the house of God, the golden altar also, and the tables whereon the shewbread H3899 was set;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:11 - And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread H3899 also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread H3899 of affliction and with water of affliction, until I return in peace.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:6 - Then Ezra rose up from before the house of God, and went into the chamber of Johanan the son of Eliashib: and when he came thither, he did eat no bread, H3899 nor drink water: for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had been carried away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:14 - Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even unto the two and thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that is, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread H3899 of the governor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:15 - But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread H3899 and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine: yet for all this required not I the bread H3899 of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And gavest them bread H3899 from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:33 - For the shewbread, H3899 and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:2 - Because they met not the children of Israel with bread H3899 and with water, but hired Balaam against them, that he should curse them: howbeit our God turned the curse into a blessing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 3:24 - For my sighing cometh before I eat, H3899 and my roarings are poured out like the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 6:7 - The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:23 - He wandereth abroad for bread, H3899 saying, Where is it? he knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:14 - Yet his meat H3899 in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread H3899 from the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:5 - Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food H3899 for them and for their children.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 27:14 - If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:5 - As for the earth, out of it cometh bread: H3899 and under it is turned up as it were fire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:4 - Who cut up mallows by the bushes, and juniper roots for their meat. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:20 - So that his life abhorreth bread, H3899 and his soul dainty meat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread H3899 with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:4 - Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, H3899 and call not upon the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:25 - I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:9 - Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, H3899 hath lifted up his heel against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 42:3 - My tears have been my meat H3899 day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:4 - Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread: H3899 they have not called upon God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:20 - Behold, he smote the rock, that the waters gushed out, and the streams overflowed; can he give bread H3899 also? can he provide flesh for his people?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Man did eat angels' food: H3899 he sent them meat to the full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:5 - Thou feedest them with the bread H3899 of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:4 - My heart is smitten, and withered like grass; so that I forget to eat my bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:9 - For I have eaten ashes like bread, H3899 and mingled my drink with weeping,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food H3899 out of the earth;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:15 - And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread H3899 which strengtheneth man's heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:40 - The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread H3899 of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 127:2 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread H3899 of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will abundantly bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread. H3899

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 136:25 - Who giveth food H3899 to all flesh: for his mercy endureth for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food H3899 to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:9 - He giveth to the beast his food, H3899 and to the young ravens which cry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 4:17 - For they eat the bread H3899 of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:8 - Provideth her meat H3899 in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:26 - For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: H3899 and the adulteress will hunt for the precious life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:5 - Come, eat of my bread, H3899 and drink of the wine which I have mingled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:17 - Stolen waters are sweet, and bread H3899 eaten in secret is pleasant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:9 - He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread. H3899

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