broma denotes food for eating, and in a few clauses portrays spiritual nourishment.

The term most often denotes food in contexts of eating, buying, sharing, abstaining, and disputes over what is eaten. A smaller cluster uses it in statements about spiritual food or in Jesus’ description of doing the sender’s will.

1. Food as something eaten or supplied · dominant

   The noun occurs for provisions to be bought for crowds in Matthew 14:15 and Luke 9:13, and for food shared with a person who has none in Luke 3:11. It also stands in discussions of eating, abstaining, bodily digestion, and offense: in Romans 14:15 the APB renders the clause "if your brother is grieved because of food," while Hebrews 9:10 places foods alongside drink and ceremonial washings.

   Matthew 14:15Luke 3:11Luke 9:13Romans 14:151 Timothy 4:3Hebrews 9:10
2. Spiritual nourishment or work · occasional

   In 1 Corinthians 3:2, the accusative singular occurs in the contrast between milk and "solid food," with the hearers described as not yet able. In 1 Corinthians 10:3 the APB renders "the same spiritual food," and in John 4:34 the nominative singular is used in Jesus’ statement that his food is doing the will of the one who sent him and completing his work.

   1 Corinthians 3:21 Corinthians 10:3John 4:34

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the ordinary-eating contexts, the APB commonly uses "food" or "foods," including provisions to buy, share, receive, or avoid. It also renders "spiritual food" in 1 Corinthians 10:3 and preserves Jesus’ "My food" statement in John 4:34; these are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.