"food, Mt. 14:15; Mk. 7:19; solid food, 1 Cor. 3:2"
Definition and meaning
food, Mt. 14:15; Mk. 7:19; solid food, 1 Cor. 3:2
In the original Greek the word is written: βρῶμα
Historical context
Rome had controlled Judea since 63 BC. Herod the Great rebuilt the Temple into one of the most magnificent structures in the ancient world — and simultaneously murdered members of his own family. The common people paid multiple layers of taxation and were politically powerless. Into that world a carpenter from Galilee began teaching that the kingdom of God had arrived.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of broma (G1033) across the King James Bible.
And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
But he said unto them, Give ye them to eat. And they said, We have no more but five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy meat for all this people.
Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.
But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died.
For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence.
I have fed you with milk, and not with meat: for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Now the body is not for fornication, but for the Lord; and the Lord for the body.
But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
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Common questions
Strong's G1033 (broma) is a Greek word that means: food, Mt. 14:15; Mk. 7:19; solid food, 1 Cor. 3:2 It appears 15 times in the King James Bible.
The word broma (G1033) appears 15 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1033 is broma, a Greek word defined as: food, Mt. 14:15; Mk. 7:19; solid food, 1 Cor. 3:2. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
broma is a Greek word found in the New Testament.