ἄρτος artos

Greek word for “bread” · Strong’s G740 · used 97 times in 89 verses

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Meaning

ἄρτος, -ου, ὁ; bread, a loaf:, al.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for artos in context, with how often each is used:

• bread 59
• loaves 31
• loaf 3
• loaves of bread 1
• bread? 1
• loaves? 1
• bread — 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 6 (17), Matthew 16 (7), Mark 8 (7), Mark 6 (6), Matthew 15 (5), 1 Corinthians 11 (4), Mark 7 (3), Luke 9 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 14 (2)

Forms

• ἄρτον 38
• ἄρτους 30
• ἄρτος 10
• ἄρτων 7
• ἄρτου 5
• ἄρτοι 4
• ἄρτῳ 2
• ἄρτοις 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with artos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• κλάω klaō “to break” 13
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 18
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 22
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 20
• πέντε pente “five” 10
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 11
• ἰχθύς ichthus “fish” 7
• μαθητής mathētēs “disciple” 12
• πόσος posos “how much/many?” 7
• εὐλογέω eulogeō “to praise/bless” 7
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 10
• δύο duo “two” 8

Key verses

The verses using artos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:3 — And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
• Matthew 14:19 — And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and…
• Matthew 26:26 — And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
• Luke 15:17 — And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
• Luke 22:19 — And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
• John 6:51 — I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I…
• John 13:18 — I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
• Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• Acts 2:46 — And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart,
• Acts 20:7 — And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his…
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• 1 Corinthians 11:23 — For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.