English Explanatory Dictionary

daily bread

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. All those things, such as regular food and water, needed to sustain physical life.
  2. All those things, such as regular prayer, worship and meditation, needed to sustain spiritual life.

Pronunciation

/ˈdeɪli ˌbɹɛd/ en-au-daily bread.ogg

Word forms

daily bread

Etymology

Possibly a reference to the Lord's Prayer in the Bible, part of which reads in the King James Version: “Give us this day our daily bread” (see Matthew 6:11, and compare Luke 11:3).

Related words

bread of life man shall not live by bread alone staff of life

Derived words

daily breader

Translations

Arabic: رِزْق Bashkir: көндәлек икмәк Catalan: pa de cada dia Finnish: jokapäiväinen leipä French: pain quotidien German: täglich Brot Greek: επιούσιος Hebrew: לֶחֶם חֹק Icelandic: daglegt brauð Central Kurdish: ڕۆژی Persian: روزی Polish: chleb powszedni Portuguese: pão de cada dia Punjabi: روٹی ٹکر Romanian: pâine zilnică Russian: хлеб насу́щный Russian: пропита́ние Spanish: pan de cada día Spanish: pan cuotidiano Swahili: riziki Ottoman Turkish: اكمك Torwali: روزی رسان
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