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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: χόρτασμα

(Strong's #5527 — Noun Neuter — chortasma — khor'-tas-mah )

"fodder" (akin to chortazo, "to feed, fill," see FEED , No. 4), is used in the plural in Acts 7:11 , "sustenance." In the Sept., Genesis 24:25,32; 42:27; 43:24; Deuteronomy 11:15; Judges 19;19 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Sustenance'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/sustenance.html. 1940.
 
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