Strong's Greek · G1033

G1033 brōma

βρῶμα

bro'-mah

food

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brōma appears 17 times in Scripture, including Matthew 14:15 and Mark 7:19. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

food (literally or figuratively), especially (ceremonially) articles allowed or forbidden by the Jewish law

In the King James Version

meat, victuals

Derivation

from the base of G977 (βιβρώσκω);

Appears 17 times in Scripture

Matthew 14:15

“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.””

John 4:34

“Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.”

Luke 3:11

“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 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.””

1 Corinthians 6:13

““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.”

Mark 7:19

“because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)”

Romans 14:20

“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 3:2

“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 8:8

“But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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