meat, provision, venison, victuals

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

In Bible sense, food of any kind

(Gen. 1:29²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. (Genesis 1:29); Lev. 2; 6:14-23¹⁴And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord, before the altar. ¹⁵And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savor, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord. ¹⁶And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. ¹⁷It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. ¹⁸All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy. ¹⁹And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ²⁰This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night. ²¹In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savor unto the Lord. ²²And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the Lord; it shall be wholly burnt. ²³For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. (Leviticus 6:14‑23); Matt. 15:37³⁷And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. (Matthew 15:37); Luke 24:41⁴¹And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? (Luke 24:41)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Several Hebrew and Greek words of various significations are so translated, but scarcely any refer to flesh; the general meaning is food of any sort (Gen. 1:29-30²⁹And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat. ³⁰And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. (Genesis 1:29‑30); Ezek. 47:12¹²And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine. (Ezekiel 47:12); Acts 27:33-36³³And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing. ³⁴Wherefore I pray you to take some meat: for this is for your health: for there shall not an hair fall from the head of any of you. ³⁵And when he had thus spoken, he took bread, and gave thanks to God in presence of them all: and when he had broken it, he began to eat. ³⁶Then were they all of good cheer, and they also took some meat. (Acts 27:33‑36)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

6720 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

tseydah

Phonic:

tsay-daw’

Meaning:

or tsedah {tsay-daw'}; feminine of 6718; food

KJV Usage:

meat, provision, venison, victuals