Everyday object in Scripture

Bread in Scripture

Staple food and major theological symbol.

Study note: read each object in its immediate biblical context. Where shown, Strong’s links are drawn from the site’s local KJV Strong’s-token data.

Basic meaning

Staple food and major theological symbol.

Bread is used in Scripture in ordinary-life, narrative, worship, teaching, legal, or symbolic contexts according to the listed references.

Local Strong’s evidence

The following local KJV Strong’s-token matches are connected with the listed references for this item.

ReferenceKJV wordingStrong’sMatched wording
Exodus 16:4breadH3899Bread
John 6:35the breadG740Bread

Expanded Strong’s occurrence references

Occurrence precision: large direct lexical range. The term appears frequently; use the search field and read each occurrence in context.

This table follows the content Strong’s numbers for this entry into the local KJV Strong’s occurrence index.

Expanded occurrences
396
Unique references
368
Books represented
39
Strong’s numbers
G740, H3899

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Verse references

These links open the local NET Bible chapter context where available.