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ἄρτος

Bread (as raised) or a loaf

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ἄρτος G740
Pronunciation ártos

What does ἄρτος (ártos) mean in the Bible?

ἄρτος (ártos) is a Greek word meaning "bread (as raised) or a loaf". ἄρτος, -ου, ὁ, [in LXX chiefly for לֶחֶם ;] bread, a loaf: Mat. Represents divine provision and anticipates Christ as the Bread of Life. This term runs through the canonical themes of Messiah.

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Meaning

bread (as raised) or a loaf
Extended definition

Staple food source representing sustenance, or metaphorically Christ as life-giving spiritual nourishment in John 6.

bread, a loaf: Mat.4:3, 4 Mrk.3:20, al.; ἄρτοι τ. προθέσεως, bread of the setting forth, i.e. the shewbread. Metaphorical, ὁ ἄ. τ. θεοῦ, τ. ζωῆς, ref. to Christ, Jhn.6:33, 35; in general, food: Mat.6:11, al.; ἄ. φαγεῖν (Heb. אֲכֹל לֶחֶם), to eat (MM, see word), Lu 14:1, al.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Represents divine provision and anticipates Christ as the Bread of Life. John 6:22–40
Represents Christ as life-sustaining provision. Luke 9:10–17
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

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×
97 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Canonical Themes
Messiah
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses
John 6:22–40 ἄρτος ártos Nominative · Singular · Masculine
bread
Luke 9:10–17 ἄρτοι ártos Nominative · Plural · Masculine
bread
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

κλάσις · ἄρτος G2800, G740
fracture (the act)
ἔρχομαι · φάγω · ἄρτος G2064, G5315, G740
went to eat bread
ἐσθίω · ἄρτος G2068, G740
will eat bread
κλάω · ἄρτος G2806, G740
Break bread
κρίθινος · ἄρτος G2916, G740
barley loaves
πέντε · ἄρτος · δύο · ἰχθύς G4002, G740, G1417, G2486
five loaves and two fish
τρεῖς · ἄρτος G5140, G740
three loaves
ἄρτος · ζωή G740, G2222
bread of life
ἄρτος · ὀψάριον G740, G3795
Bread and fish; Jesus’ provision and meal fellowship.
ἄρτος · περισσεύω G740, G4052
have bread in abundance
ἄρτος · πρόθεσις G740, G4286
bread of the Presence, consecrated bread
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God John 21 — The Risen Lord Restores, Commissions, Shepherds, and Testifies through His Witness John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 6 — Rejected Prophet, Sending Lord, Wilderness Shepherd, and Divine Son on the Sea Mark 7 — True Defilement and Boundary-Crossing Mercy Mark 8 — Seeing Jesus Clearly: Bread, Blindness, Confession, Cross, and Discipleship Matthew 12 — The Lord of the Sabbath, the Servant of the Lord, and the Crisis of Unbelief Matthew 14 — The Death of John, the Compassion of Jesus, and the Son of God over Bread, Sea, and Fear Matthew 15 — Tradition, the Heart, Gentile Faith, and the Compassionate Bread of the Messiah Matthew 4 — The Tested Son, the Kingdom Proclaimed, and the First Disciples Called Matthew 6 — Hidden Righteousness, the Father’s Reward, and Seeking First the Kingdom

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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