Difference between revisions of "Bread"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἄρτος''''' ''' (Strong'S #740 — Noun Masculine — artos — ar'-tos ) </div> <p> "bread" (perhaps derived from aro, "to fit together," or from a root ar---, "the earth"), signifies (a) "a small loaf or cake," composed of flour and water, and baked, in shape either oblong or round, and about as thick as the thumb; these were not cut, but broken and were consecrated to the Lord every Sabbath and called the "shewbread" (loaves of presentation), &nbsp;Matthew 12:4; when the "shewbread" was reinstituted by Nehemiah (&nbsp;Nehemiah 10:32 ) a poll-tax of 1/3 shekel was laid on the Jews, &nbsp;Matthew 17:24; (b) "the loaf at the Lord's Supper," e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 26:26 ("Jesus took a loaf," RV, marg.); the breaking of "bread" became the name for this institution, &nbsp; Acts 2:42; &nbsp;20:7; &nbsp;1 Corinthians 10:16; &nbsp;11:23; (c) "bread of any kind," &nbsp;Matthew 16:11; (d) metaphorically, "of Christ as the Bread of God, and of Life," &nbsp;John 6:33,35; (e) "food in general," the necessities for the sustenance of life, &nbsp;Matthew 6:11; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 9:10 , etc. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἄζυμος''''' ''' (Strong'S #106 — Adjective — azumos — ad'-zoo-mos ) </div> <p> denotes "unleavened bread," i.e., without any process of fermentation; hence, metaphorically, "of a holy, spiritual condition," &nbsp;1 Corinthians 5:7 , and of "sincerity and truth" (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 5:8 ). With the article it signifies the feast of unleavened bread, &nbsp;Matthew 26:17; &nbsp;Mark 14:1,12; &nbsp;Luke 22:1,7; &nbsp;Acts 12:3; &nbsp;20:6 . </p>