artos · bread

What it means

artos (ἄρτος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “bread”.

Also food in general.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A piece of baked bread made from flour: the basic food.
2. Daily food: "the bread of life".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Bread, the basic food; also food in general. Thayer: bread, made of flour in the shape of a round loaf; by extension, food.

• “A person will not live on bread alone” Matthew 4:4
• “Our daily bread” Matthew 6:11
• The five loaves and the feeding Matthew 14:17
• The bread of the presentation Matthew 12:4
• The bread of the last supper; “I am the bread of life” Matthew 26:26John 6:351 Corinthians 10:17

Historical and cultural background

The bread of the presentation, which only the priests ate, is that of the sanctuary in the law (Matthew 12:4; Leviticus 24:5-9).

How we translate it

“Bread” 72 times, “loaves” 24, “loaf” 1. “Loaves” when the Greek counts pieces (“five loaves”, Matthew 14:17); Acts 2:42 says “the breaking of bread”. “Eat bread” is kept as the phrase for eating (Mark 3:20).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bread ×72
• loaves ×24
• loaf ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×21
• Mark×21
• Luke×15
• John×24
• Acts×5
• 1 Corinthians×7
• 2 Corinthians×1
• 2 Thessalonians×2
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 4:3

  And the one testing him came and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell these stones to become loaves of bread.”

• Matthew 4:4

  But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’”

• Matthew 6:11

  Give us today our daily bread;

• Matthew 7:9

  Or which man is there among you whose son will ask him for bread— he will not give him a stone, will he?

• Matthew 12:4

  how he entered into the house of God and they ate the bread of the presentation, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, except for the priests alone?

• Matthew 14:17

  And they say to him, “We have nothing here except five loaves and two fish.”

• Matthew 14:19

  And ordering the crowds to sit down on the grass, taking the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven, he blessed; and breaking them, he gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds.

• Matthew 15:2

  “Why do your disciples break the tradition of the elders? For they do not wash their hands when they eat bread.”

• Matthew 15:26

  But he answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

• Matthew 15:33

  And the disciples say to him, “Where would we get so many loaves in a desolate place to satisfy so great a crowd?”

• Matthew 15:34

  And Jesus says to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven, and a few small fish.”

• Matthew 15:36

  he took the seven loaves and the fish, and having given thanks he broke them and was giving them to the disciples, and the disciples to the crowds.

• Matthew 16:5

  And when the disciples came to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread.

• Matthew 16:7

  And they were discussing among themselves, saying, “We did not take bread.”

• Matthew 16:8

  But Jesus, knowing it, said, “Why are you discussing among yourselves, you of little faith, that you did not take bread?

• Matthew 16:9

  Do you not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets you took up?

• Matthew 16:10

  Nor the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many large baskets you took up?

• Matthew 16:11

  How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you about bread? But beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”

• Matthew 16:12

  Then they understood that he did not tell them to beware of the leaven of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

• Matthew 26:26

  And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessing, he broke it and giving it to the disciples, he said, “Take, eat; this is my body.”

• Mark 2:26

  how he entered into the house of God in the time of Abiathar the high priest and ate the bread of the presentation, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave it also to those who were with him?”

• Mark 3:20

  And he comes home; and the crowd gathers again, so that they could not even eat bread.

• Mark 6:8

  And he instructed them that they should take nothing for the journey except a staff only; no bread, no bag, no copper coins in their belts,

• Mark 6:37

  But he answered and said to them, “You give them something to eat.” And they say to him, “Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii’ worth of bread and give them it to eat?”

• Mark 6:38

  But he says to them, “How many loaves do you have? Go, see.” And when they found out, they say, “Five, and two fish.”

• Mark 6:41

  And taking the five loaves and the two fish, looking up to heaven, he blessed and broke the loaves and kept giving them to his disciples to set before them, and he divided the two fish among all.

• Mark 6:44

  And those who ate the loaves were five thousand men.

• Mark 6:52

  for they had not understood about the loaves, but their heart was hardened.

• Mark 7:2

  and they saw that some of his disciples were eating the bread with defiled hands, that is, unwashed.

• Mark 7:5

  And the Pharisees and the scribes ask him, “Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat the bread with defiled hands?”

• Mark 7:27

  And he was saying to her, “Let the children be fed first, for it is not right to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

• Mark 8:4

  And his disciples answered him, “From where will anyone be able to feed these people with bread here in a desolate place?”

• Mark 8:5

  And he was asking them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

• Mark 8:6

  And he directs the crowd to sit down on the ground; and taking the seven loaves and giving thanks, he broke them and kept giving them to his disciples to set before the people; and they set them before the crowd.

• Mark 8:14

  And they had forgotten to take bread, and they did not have with them in the boat more than one loaf.

• Mark 8:16

  And they were discussing with one another that they had no bread.

• Mark 8:17

  And knowing this, he says to them, “Why are you discussing that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? Do you have your heart hardened?

• Mark 8:19

  when I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many baskets full of pieces did you pick up?” They say to him, “Twelve.”

• Mark 14:22

  And as they were eating, taking bread and blessing, he broke it and gave it to them and said, “Take; this is my body.”

• Luke 4:3

  And the devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”

And 57 more times.