Genesis 2:9
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
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Food
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James 2:15
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
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לֶחֶם
lechem · lekh'-em
21 times translated as this KJV form294 total Strong's occurrences
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Strong's KJV usage: (shew-) bread, × eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 3:11Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:18
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ʼôkel · o'-kel
16 times translated as this KJV form43 total Strong's occurrences
food
Strong's KJV usage: eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 41:35Strong's last: Proverbs 13:23
Open full H400 profile →מַאֲכָל
maʼăkâl · mah-ak-awl'
5 times translated as this KJV form30 total Strong's occurrences
an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
Strong's KJV usage: food, fruit, (bake-)meat(-s), victual.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:9Strong's last: Proverbs 6:8
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trophḗ · trof-ay'
2 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
nourishment (literally or figuratively); by implication, rations (wages)
Strong's KJV usage: :--food, meat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 14:17Strong's last: James 2:15
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brōsis · bro'-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
(abstractly) eating (literally or figuratively); by extension (concretely) food (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--eating, food, meat.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 9:10Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 9:10
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diatrophḗ · dee-at-rof-ay'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
nourishment
Strong's KJV usage: :--food.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 6:8Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:8
Open full G1305 profile →אָכַל
ʼâkal · aw-kal'
1 times translated as this KJV form809 total Strong's occurrences
to eat (literally or figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: × at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, × freely, × in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, × quite.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 47:24Strong's last: Genesis 47:24
Open full H398 profile →אׇכְלָה
ʼoklâh · ok-law'
1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
food
Strong's KJV usage: consume, devour, eat, food, meat.
Strong's first: Genesis 6:21Strong's last: Genesis 6:21
Open full H402 profile →בּוּל
bûwl · bool
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
produce (of the earth, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: food, stock.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 40:20Strong's last: Job 40:20
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makkôleth · mak-ko'-leth
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
nourishment
Strong's KJV usage: food.
Strong's first: 1 Kings 5:11Strong's last: 1 Kings 5:11
Open full H4361 profile →צַיִד
tsayid · tsah'-yid
1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences
the chase; also game (thus taken)
Strong's KJV usage: × catcheth, food, × hunter, (that which he took in) hunting, venison, victuals.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 38:41Strong's last: Job 38:41
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shᵉʼêr · sheh-ayr'
1 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
Strong's KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Strong's first: Exodus 21:10Strong's last: Exodus 21:10
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H3978
And out of the ground made the LORD God to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight, and good for food; the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
H3978
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.
H3978
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
H402
And take thou unto thee of all food that is eaten, and thou shalt gather it to thee; and it shall be for food for thee, and for them.
H400
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
H400
And let them gather all the food of those good years that come, and lay up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, and let them keep food in the cities.
H400
And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
H400
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
H400
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
H400
And he gathered up all the food of the seven years, which were in the land of Egypt, and laid up the food in the cities: the food of the field, which was round about every city, laid he up in the same.
H400
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
H400
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
H400
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
H400
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:
H400
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
H400
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
H400
And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
H400
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
H400
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
H398
And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your households, and for food for your little ones.
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food
FOOD, noun [See Feed.]
1. In a general sense, whatever is eaten by animals for nourishment, and whatever supplies nutriment to plants.
2. Meat; aliment; flesh or vegetables eaten for sustaining human life; victuals; provisions; whatever is or may be eaten for nourishment.
Feed me with food convenient for me. Proverbs 30:8.
3. Whatever supplies nourishment and growth to plants, as water, carbonic acid gas, etc. Manuring substances furnish plants with food
4. Something that sustains, nourishes and augments. Flattery is the food of vanity.
FOOD, verb transitive To feed. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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