Bible Dictionaries
Bread

From Easton: Bread. among the Jews was generally made of wheat (Exodus 29:2; Judges 6:19), though also sometimes of other grains (Genesis 14:18; Judges 7:13). Parched grain was sometimes used for food without any other preparation (Ruth 2:14).

Bread was prepared by kneading in wooden bowls or "kneading troughs" (Genesis 18:6; Exodus 12:34; Jeremiah 7:18). The dough was mixed with leaven and made into thin cakes, round or oval, and then baked. The bread eaten at the Passover was always unleavened (Exodus 12:15-20; Deuteronomy 16:3). In the towns there were public ovens, which were much made use of for baking bread; there were also bakers by trade (Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 37:21). Their ovens were not unlike those of modern times. But sometimes the bread was baked by being placed on the ground that had been heated by a fire, and by covering it with the embers (1 Kings 19:6). This was probably the mode in which Sarah prepared bread on the occasion referred to in Genesis 18:6.

In Leviticus 2:0 there is an account of the different kinds of bread and cakes used by the Jews. (See BAKE)

The shew-bread (q.v.) consisted of twelve loaves of unleavened bread prepared and presented hot on the golden table every Sabbath. They were square or oblong, and represented the twelve tribes of Israel. The old loaves were removed every Sabbath, and were to be eaten only by the priests in the court of the sanctuary (Exodus 25:30; Leviticus 24:8; 1 Samuel 21:1-6; Matthew 12:4).

The word bread is used figuratively in such expressions as "bread of sorrows" (Psalms 127:2), "bread of tears" (80:5), i.e., sorrow and tears are like one's daily bread, they form so great a part in life. The bread of "wickedness" (Proverbs 4:17) and "of deceit" (20:17) denote in like manner that wickedness and deceit are a part of the daily life.

Verses:

• Genesis 13:9
• Genesis 14:18
• Genesis 18:5
• Genesis 18:6
• Genesis 19:3
• Genesis 21:14
• Genesis 27:17
• Genesis 28:20
• Genesis 31:54
• Genesis 37:25
• Genesis 39:6
• Genesis 40:16
• Genesis 41:54
• Genesis 41:55
• Genesis 43:25
• Genesis 43:31
• Genesis 43:32
• Genesis 45:23
• Genesis 47:12
• Genesis 47:13
• Genesis 47:15
• Genesis 47:17
• Genesis 47:19
• Genesis 49:20
• Exodus 2:20
• Exodus 12:8
• Exodus 12:15
• Exodus 12:17
• Exodus 12:18
• Exodus 12:20
• Exodus 12:39
• Exodus 13:6
• Exodus 13:7
• Exodus 16:3
• Exodus 16:4
• Exodus 16:8
• Exodus 16:12
• Exodus 16:15
• Exodus 16:22
• Exodus 16:29
• Exodus 16:32
• Exodus 18:12
• Exodus 23:15
• Exodus 23:25
• Exodus 25:30
• Exodus 29:2
• Exodus 29:23
• Exodus 29:32
• Exodus 29:34
• Exodus 34:18
• Exodus 34:28
• Exodus 35:13
• Exodus 39:36
• Exodus 40:23
• Leviticus 2:4
• Leviticus 2:6
• Leviticus 7:13
• Leviticus 8:2
• Leviticus 8:26
• Leviticus 8:31
• Leviticus 8:32
• Leviticus 10:12
• Leviticus 21:6
• Leviticus 21:8
• Leviticus 21:17
• Leviticus 21:21
• Leviticus 21:22
• Leviticus 22:25
• Leviticus 23:6
• Leviticus 23:14
• Leviticus 23:17
• Leviticus 23:18
• Leviticus 23:20
• Leviticus 24:7
• Leviticus 26:5
• Leviticus 26:26
• Numbers 4:7
• Numbers 6:15
• Numbers 6:17
• Numbers 6:19
• Numbers 9:11
• Numbers 14:9
• Numbers 15:19
• Numbers 15:20
• Numbers 15:21
• Numbers 21:5
• Numbers 28:2
• Numbers 28:17
• Deuteronomy 8:3
• Deuteronomy 8:9
• Deuteronomy 9:9
• Deuteronomy 9:18
• Deuteronomy 10:18
• Deuteronomy 16:3
• Deuteronomy 16:8
• Deuteronomy 16:16
• Deuteronomy 23:4
• Deuteronomy 29:6
• Joshua 9:5
• Joshua 9:12
• Judges 6:19
• Judges 6:20
• Judges 6:21
• Judges 7:13
• Judges 8:5
• Judges 8:6
• Judges 8:15
• Judges 13:16
• Judges 19:5
• Judges 19:19
• Ruth 1:6
• Ruth 2:14
• 1 Samuel 2:5
• 1 Samuel 2:36
• 1 Samuel 9:7
• 1 Samuel 10:3
• 1 Samuel 10:4
• 1 Samuel 16:20
• 1 Samuel 17:17
• 1 Samuel 21:3
• 1 Samuel 21:4
• 1 Samuel 21:6
• 1 Samuel 22:13
• 1 Samuel 25:11
• 1 Samuel 25:18
• 1 Samuel 28:20
• 1 Samuel 28:22
• 1 Samuel 28:24
• 1 Samuel 30:11
• 1 Samuel 30:12
• 2 Samuel 3:29
• 2 Samuel 3:35
• 2 Samuel 6:19
• 2 Samuel 9:7
• 2 Samuel 9:10
• 2 Samuel 12:17
• 2 Samuel 12:20
• 2 Samuel 12:21
• 2 Samuel 13:6
• 2 Samuel 16:1
• 2 Samuel 16:2
• 1 Kings 7:48
• 1 Kings 13:8
• 1 Kings 13:9
• 1 Kings 13:15
• 1 Kings 13:16
• 1 Kings 13:17
• 1 Kings 13:18
• 1 Kings 13:19
• 1 Kings 13:22
• 1 Kings 13:23
• 1 Kings 14:3
• 1 Kings 17:6
• 1 Kings 17:11
• 1 Kings 18:4
• 1 Kings 18:13
• 1 Kings 21:4
• 1 Kings 21:5
• 1 Kings 21:7
• 1 Kings 22:27
• 2 Kings 4:8
• 2 Kings 4:42
• 2 Kings 6:22
• 2 Kings 18:32
• 2 Kings 23:9
• 2 Kings 25:3
• 2 Kings 25:29
• 1 Chronicles 9:32
• 1 Chronicles 12:40
• 1 Chronicles 16:3
• 1 Chronicles 23:29
• 1 Chronicles 28:16
• 2 Chronicles 2:4
• 2 Chronicles 4:19
• 2 Chronicles 8:13
• 2 Chronicles 13:11
• 2 Chronicles 18:26
• 2 Chronicles 30:13
• 2 Chronicles 30:21
• 2 Chronicles 35:17
• Ezra 6:22
• Ezra 10:6
• Nehemiah 5:14
• Nehemiah 5:15
• Nehemiah 5:18
• Nehemiah 9:15
• Nehemiah 10:33
• Nehemiah 13:2
• Job 15:23
• Job 22:7
• Job 27:14
• Job 28:5
• Job 33:20
• Job 42:11
• Psalms 14:4
• Psalms 37:25
• Psalms 41:9
• Psalms 53:4
• Psalms 78:20
• Psalms 80:5
• Psalms 102:4
• Psalms 102:9
• Psalms 104:15
• Psalms 105:16
• Psalms 105:40
• Psalms 127:2
• Psalms 132:15
• Psalms 147:17
• Proverbs 4:17
• Proverbs 6:26
• Proverbs 9:5
• Proverbs 9:17
• Proverbs 12:9
• Proverbs 12:11
• Proverbs 17:1
• Proverbs 20:13
• Proverbs 20:17
• Proverbs 22:9
• Proverbs 23:6
• Proverbs 25:21
• Proverbs 28:19
• Proverbs 28:21
• Proverbs 31:27
• Ecclesiastes 9:7
• Ecclesiastes 9:11
• Ecclesiastes 11:1
• Isaiah 3:1
• Isaiah 3:7
• Isaiah 4:1
• Isaiah 21:14
• Isaiah 28:28
• Isaiah 30:20
• Isaiah 30:23
• Isaiah 33:16
• Isaiah 36:17
• Isaiah 44:15
• Isaiah 44:19
• Isaiah 51:14
• Isaiah 55:2
• Isaiah 55:10
• Isaiah 58:7
• Jeremiah 5:17
• Jeremiah 16:7
• Jeremiah 37:21
• Jeremiah 38:9
• Jeremiah 41:1
• Jeremiah 42:14
• Jeremiah 44:17
• Jeremiah 52:6
• Jeremiah 52:33
• Lamentations 1:11
• Lamentations 4:4
• Lamentations 5:6
• Lamentations 5:9
• Ezekiel 4:9
• Ezekiel 4:13
• Ezekiel 4:15
• Ezekiel 4:16
• Ezekiel 4:17
• Ezekiel 5:16
• Ezekiel 12:18
• Ezekiel 12:19
• Ezekiel 13:19
• Ezekiel 14:13
• Ezekiel 16:49
• Ezekiel 18:7
• Ezekiel 18:16
• Ezekiel 24:17
• Ezekiel 24:22
• Ezekiel 44:3
• Ezekiel 44:7
• Ezekiel 45:21
• Daniel 10:3
• Hosea 2:5
• Hosea 9:4
• Amos 4:6
• Amos 7:12
• Amos 8:11
• Obadiah 1:7
• Haggai 2:12
• Malachi 1:7
• Matthew 4:3
• Matthew 4:4
• Matthew 6:11
• Matthew 7:9
• Matthew 12:4
• Matthew 14:17
• Matthew 15:2
• Matthew 15:26
• Matthew 15:33
• Matthew 15:34
• Matthew 16:5
• Matthew 16:7
• Matthew 16:8
• Matthew 16:11
• Matthew 16:12
• Matthew 26:17
• Matthew 26:26
• Mark 2:26
• Mark 3:20
• Mark 6:8
• Mark 6:36
• Mark 6:37
• Mark 6:38
• Mark 6:43
• Mark 7:2
• Mark 7:5
• Mark 7:27
• Mark 8:4
• Mark 8:5
• Mark 8:14
• Mark 8:16
• Mark 8:17
• Mark 14:1
• Mark 14:12
• Mark 14:20
• Mark 14:22
• Luke 4:3
• Luke 4:4
• Luke 6:4
• Luke 7:33
• Luke 9:3
• Luke 9:13
• Luke 11:3
• Luke 11:5
• Luke 11:11
• Luke 14:1
• Luke 14:15
• Luke 15:17
• Luke 22:1
• Luke 22:7
• Luke 22:19
• Luke 24:30
• Luke 24:35
• John 6:5
• John 6:7
• John 6:23
• John 6:31
• John 6:32
• John 6:33
• John 6:34
• John 6:35
• John 6:41
• John 6:48
• John 6:50
• John 6:51
• John 6:58
• John 13:18
• John 13:26
• John 13:27
• John 13:30
• John 21:9
• John 21:13
• Acts 2:42
• Acts 2:46
• Acts 12:3
• Acts 20:6
• Acts 20:7
• Acts 20:11
• Acts 27:35
• 1 Corinthians 5:8
• 1 Corinthians 10:16
• 1 Corinthians 10:17
• 1 Corinthians 11:23
• 1 Corinthians 11:26
• 1 Corinthians 11:27
• 1 Corinthians 11:28
• 2 Corinthians 9:10
• Ephesians 3:18
• 2 Thessalonians 3:8
• 2 Thessalonians 3:12
• Hebrews 9:2
• Revelation 20:9
• Revelation 21:16