What does ἄρτος · τοσοῦτος mean in the Bible?
ἄρτος · τοσοῦτος is a Greek phrase meaning "bread (as raised) or a loaf".
Greek · G740, G5118
ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι
Bread (as raised) or a loaf · so great
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ἄρτος G740 bread (as raised) or a loaf
Pronunciation ártos
Staple food source representing sustenance, or metaphorically Christ as life-giving spiritual nourishment in John 6.
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τοσοῦτος G5118 so great
Pronunciation tosoûtos
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What does ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι (artoi tosoutoi) mean in the Bible?
ἄρτος · τοσοῦτος is a Greek phrase meaning "bread (as raised) or a loaf".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G740, G5118?
G740, G5118 is connected to 97 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. bread (as raised) or a loaf
Source Gloss
bread (as raised) or a loaf
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 97 Case pattern Accusative (68) Number pattern Singular (55)
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 4:3 · John 6:33 · John 6:35 · John 6:41 · John 6:48 · John 6:50 · John 6:51 · John 6:58 · 1 Cor 10:17 10×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 4:3 · Matt 15:33 · Luke 9:13 · John 6:7 4×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 16:11 · Matt 16:12 · Mark 8:4 · Luke 15:17 · John 6:13 · John 6:26 · Heb 9:2 7×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 24:35 · John 6:51 · Acts 2:42 · 1 Cor 10:17 · 1 Cor 11:28 5×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 4:4 · Luke 4:4 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Mark 6:52 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Matt 6:11 · Matt 7:9 · Matt 15:2 · Matt 15:26 · Matt 26:26 · Mark 3:20 · Mark 6:8 · Mark 7:5 · Mark 7:27 · Mark 8:14 · Mark 14:22 · Luke 7:33 · Luke 9:3 · Luke 11:3 · Luke 14:1 · Luke 14:15 38×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 12:4 · Matt 14:17 · Matt 14:19 · Matt 15:34 · Matt 15:36 · Matt 16:5 · Matt 16:7 · Matt 16:8 · Matt 16:9 · Matt 16:10 · Mark 2:26 · Mark 6:37 · Mark 6:38 · Mark 6:41 · Mark 6:44 · Mark 7:2 30×
Word Origins
ἄρτοι τοσοῦτοι is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain