noun · neuter
chortasmem
Greekχόρτασμα (chortasma)
Strong’sG5527
food, sustenance
stem chortasm-once in the New Testament0 of 6 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
† χόρτασμα, -τος, τό
(< χορτάζω), [in LXX: Ge 24:25, 32 42:27 43:24, Jg 19:19 (מִסְפּוֹא), De 11:16 (עֶשֶׂב), (Si 30:33 (33:24)) Si 38:26 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G5527 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkhor'-tas-mah
forage, i.e. food
Fromfrom G5526;
King Jamessustenance.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | chortasmem | chortasmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | chortasmeu | chortasmeiu |
| to, for dative | chortasme | chortasmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
chortasme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
chortasmeim1×
Acts 7:11“food”erchata de limos epi holan tan Aiguptan kai Chanaan kai thlipsias megas, kai ouk heuriskale chortasmeim tois patērois nu;Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.