Dictionary entry

Bread

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Given by God Ru 1:6; Mt 6:11

Yielded by the earth Job 28:5; Isa 55:10

MADE OF

Wheat Ex 29:2; Ps 81:16

Barley Jud 7:13; Joh 6:9

Beans, millet, &c Eze 4:9

Manna (in the wilderness) Nu 11:8

Corn ground for making Isa 28:28

Was kneaded Ge 18:6; Jer 7:18; Ho 7:4

Troughs used for kneading Ex 12:34

Usually leavened Le 23:17; Mt 13:33

Sometimes unleavened Ex 12:18; 1Co 5:8

WAS FORMED INTO

Loaves 1Sa 10:3,4; Mt 14:17

Cakes 2Sa 6:19; 1Ki 17:13

Wafers Ex 16:31; 29:23

WAS BAKED

On hearths Ge 18:6

On coals of fire Isa 44:19; Joh 21:9

In ovens Le 26:26; Ho 7:4-7

Making of, a trade Ge 40:2; Jer 37:21

Ordinary, called common bread 1Sa 21:4

Sacred, called hallowed bread 1Sa 21:4,6

Nutritious and strengthening Ps 104:15

When old, dry and mouldy Jos 9:5,12

Often put for the whole substance of man Ge 3:19; 39:6; Mt 6:11

The principal food used by the ancients Ge 18:5; 21:14; 27:17; Jud 19:5

Broken for use La 4:4; Mt 14:19

Kept in baskets Ge 40:16; Ex 29:32

Publicly sold Mt 14:15; 15:33

In times of scarcity, sold by weight Le 26:26; Eze 4:16

Scarceness of, sent as a punishment Ps 105:16; Isa 3:1; Eze 5:16

Plenty of, promised to the obedient Le 26:5

Often given as a present 1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:12; 1Ch 12:40

Served round after funerals Eze 24:17-22

With water, the food of prisons 1Ki 22:27

Crumb of, used to wipe the fingers, thrown under the table Mt 15:27; Lu 16:21

First fruit of, offered to God Nu 15:19,20

Offered with sacrifices Ex 29:2,23; Nu 28:2

Placed on table of shew bread Ex 25:30

Multitudes miraculously fed by Christ with Mt 14:19-21; 15:34-37

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of Christ Joh 6:33-35

(When broken,) of the death of Christ Mt 26:26; 1Co 11:23,24

(Partaking of,) of communion of saints Ac 2:46; 1Co 10:17

(Want of,) of extreme poverty Pr 12:9; Isa 3:7

(Seeking of begging,) of extreme poverty 1Sa 2:36; Ps 37:25; La 1:11

(Fulness of,) of abundance Eze 16:49

(Eating without scarceness,) of plenty De 8:9

(Of adversity,) of heavy affliction Isa 30:20

(Of tears,) of sorrow Ps 80:5

(Of deceit,) of unlawful gain Pr 20:17

(Of wickedness,) of oppression Pr 4:17

(Of idleness,) of sloth Pr 31:27