Klao denotes breaking bread or loaves, whether before distributing food, eating together, or in a meal setting.

The attested use consistently concerns breaking bread or loaves: a prior action before food is given out, eaten, or shared at a table or gathering. The forms occur in feeding scenes, meal settings, and references to assembled people breaking bread.

1. Breaking bread or loaves for sharing or eating · dominant

   The aorist forms occur in sequences where bread or loaves are taken, blessed or thanked for, broken, and then given or eaten: in Matthew 14:19 the APB renders the loaves being broken before the disciples give them to the crowds, while in Luke 22:19 it renders bread broken and then given. Present forms extend the same action to a gathered practice: in Acts 2:46 the APB renders people breaking bread in homes, and in Acts 20:7 it renders an assembly gathered to break bread.

   Matthew 14:19Matthew 15:36Mark 8:6Luke 22:19Acts 2:46Acts 20:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB regularly renders the relevant action with “broke,” “break,” or “breaking,” in clauses about bread or loaves. Because the APB is a whole-verse translation, these renderings confirm the action in context rather than establish a separate lexical nuance.