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“the loaf at the Lord’s Supper,” e.g., Matt. 26:26 (“Jesus took a loaf,”
RV
, marg.); the
breaking of “bread” became the name for this institution, Acts 2:42; 20:7; 1 Cor. 10:16;
11:23; (c) “bread of any kind,” Matt. 16:11; (d) metaphorically, “of Christ as the Bread of
God, and of Life,” John 6:33, 35; (e) “food in general,” the necessities for the sustenance
of life, Matt. 6:11; 2 Cor. 9:10, etc.
2.
$
(
/
, 106) denotes “unleavened bread,” i.e., without any process of
fermentation; hence, metaphorically, “of a holy, spiritual condition,” 1 Cor. 5:7, and of
“sincerity and truth” (v. 8). With the article it signifies the feast of unleavened bread,
Matt. 26:17; Mark 14:1, 12; Luke 22:1, 7; Acts 12:3; 20:6.¶
For
BREADTH
see
BROAD
BREAK, BREAKER, BREAKING, BRAKE
A. Verbs.
1.
or
(
1
, 2806), “to break, to break off pieces,” is used of “breaking
bread,” (a) of the Lord’s act in providing for people, Matt. 14:19; 15:36; Mark 8:6, 19;
(b) of the “breaking of bread” in the Lord’s Supper, Matt. 26:26; Mark 14:22; Luke
22:19; Acts 20:7; 1 Cor. 10:16; 11:24; (c) of an ordinary meal, Acts 2:46; 20:11; 27:35;
(d) of the Lord’s act in giving evidence of His resurrection, Luke 24:30.¶
2.
(
#
1
, 1575), , “off,” and No. 1, “to break off,” is used metaphorically
of branches, Rom. 11:17, 19-20.¶
3.
(
1
, 2622),
, “down,” and No. 1, is used in Mark 6:41 and
Luke 9:16, of Christ’s “breaking” loaves for the multitudes.¶
4.
$
(
"
, 3089), “to loosen,” especially by way of deliverance, sometimes has the
meaning of “breaking, destructively,” e.g., of “breaking” commandments, not only
infringing them, but loosing the force of them, rendering them not binding, Matt. 5:19;
John 5:18; of “breaking” the Law of Moses, John 7:23; Scripture, John 10:35; of the
“breaking up” of a ship, Acts 27:41; of the “breaking down” of the middle wall of
partition, Eph. 2:14; of the marriage tie, 1 Cor. 7:27. See
DESTROY
,
DISSOLVE
,
LOOSE
,
MELT
,
PUT
,
Note
(5),
UNLOOSE
.
5.
$
(
$&
, 4937), lit., “to rub together,” and so “to shatter, shiver, break
in pieces by crushing,” is said of the bruising of a reed, Matt. 12:20 (No. 9 is used in the
next clause); the “breaking” of fetters in pieces, Mark 5:4; the “breaking” of an alabaster
cruse, Mark 14:3; an earthenware vessel, Rev. 2:27; of the physical bruising of a person
possessed by a demon, Luke 9:39; concerning Christ, “a bone of Him shall not be
broken,” John 19:36; metaphorically of the crushed condition of a “broken-hearted”
person, Luke 4:18 (KV only); of the eventual crushing of Satan, Rom. 16:20. See
BRUISE
.¶ This verb is frequent in the Sept. in the passive voice, e.g., Ps. 51:17; Isa. 57:15,
of a contrite heart, perhaps a figure of stones made smooth by being rubbed together in
streams. Cf.
$
, “destruction.”
6.
$
(
:)
, 4486), “to tear, rend, as of garments, etc.,” is translated
“break” in the
KJV
, of Matt. 9:17, of wine-skins (
RV
, “burst”); as in Mark 2:22 and Luke
5:37.; “break forth” in Gal. 4:27. See
BURST
,
REND
,
TEAR
.