Chortasma denotes provisions unavailable to the ancestors during famine and distress.

The attested use refers to provisions that the ancestors could not obtain amid famine and great distress in Acts 7:11.

1. Provisions unavailable in famine · dominant

   The accusative plural form occurs in the clause about the ancestors’ inability to find provisions during famine and great distress; in Acts 7:11 the APB renders the verse, "our fathers could not find food."

   Acts 7:11

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Acts 7:11, the APB presents the clause as "our fathers could not find food." This confirms the verse’s context without isolating a precise English equivalent for the term.