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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Unleavened Bread
• Bread
Thompson Chain Reference
• Unleavened Bread
• Hallowed Bread
• Breaking of Bread
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Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Messiah; Living Bread: & Manna, Bread
• Bread
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Bread
Dictionaries
American Church Dictionary
• Wafer Bread
• Unleavened Bread
American Tract Society
• Bread
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Bread
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Unleavened Bread, Feast of
• Breaking of Bread
• Bread, Bread of Presence
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Show Bread
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Bread
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Bread
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Unleavened Bread
• Loaf, Loaves of Bread
• Bread of the Presence
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Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Unleavened Bread
• Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread
• Bread
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Unleavened Bread (2)
• Unleavened Bread
• Daily Bread
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King James Dictionary
• Bread
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Unleavened Bread, Feast of
• Bread
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Liturgical Use of Bread
• Life, Bread of
• Daily Bread
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Bread
People's Bible Dictionary
• Bread
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Shew-bread
• Bread
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Bread
• Bread
Wilson's Bible Types
• Bread
Webster Dictionary
• Raham Bread
• Monkey-Bread
• Breaded
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Baking Bread
• Bread
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bread
• Bread-Fruit
• Kaffir Bread
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Bread
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Bread
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Altar-Bread
• Altar-Bread Box
• Artonius (Originally Krzesikhleb, "cut-Bread"), Peter
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Aerated Bread
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Altar Breads
• Liturgical Use of Bread
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Bread
• Saint-John's-Bread
• Unleavened Bread
Lexicons
• ܐܰܦ݁ܶܐ
• ܠܰܚܡܳܐ
• ܦ݁ܰܛܺܝܪܳܐ
• ἄζυμος
• ἄρτος
• חָמֵץ , מַחְמֶצֶת
• חֹרִי
• לֶחֶם
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To people in Bible times, bread was a basic part of the daily food. In everyday speech they often spoke of food in general as bread (Psalms 37:25; Proverbs 31:27; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Isaiah 30:20; Matthew 6:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:8). (For details concerning the common bread of the people see FOOD. For the use of leaven in bread and for its symbolism in Israelite religion see LEAVEN; PASSOVER. For the meaning of the ‘presence bread’ in the tabernacle see TABERNACLE.)

Manna, that unusual food that God provided for the Israelites on their journey from Egypt to Canaan, was known as ‘bread from heaven’ (Exodus 16:4; John 6:31; see MANNA). Jesus spoke of this bread as a picture of himself, the true bread from heaven. He came from God as God’s provision for the world’s spiritually needy people. He alone can bring salvation, and he alone can guarantee believers victory over death (John 6:32-40). This provision of salvation through Jesus is possible only because Jesus gave himself in sacrifice. By accepting the benefits of this sacrifice for themselves by faith, people can have eternal life (John 6:48-58).

Jesus also used literal bread as a symbol of his sacrifice. He told his disciples to eat bread and drink wine together, as a remembrance of him and as an expression of their unity with him and with one another (Matthew 26:26-29; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; see FELLOWSHIP; LORD’S SUPPER).