Wheat
חִטָּה (chittah)
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 51 verses (KJV)
Description
Wheat was the premium grain of the ancient world, reserved for festival loaves and the wealthy while barley fed the poor. Jesus reached for it when he needed a picture of death giving way to life: a single kernel must fall into the ground and die before it can multiply.
Key verses
“A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;”
Deuteronomy 8:8
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.”
John 12:24
Symbolism
Death yielding life — ‘except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit’ (John 12:24).
All 51 referencesshow
- 1 Chronicles 21:20
- 1 Chronicles 21:23
- 1 Corinthians 15:37
- 1 Kings 5:11
- 1 Samuel 6:13
- 1 Samuel 12:17
- 2 Chronicles 2:10
- 2 Chronicles 2:15
- 2 Chronicles 27:5
- 2 Samuel 4:6
- 2 Samuel 17:28
- Acts 27:38
- Amos 5:11
- Amos 8:5
- Amos 8:6
- Deuteronomy 8:8
- Deuteronomy 32:14
- Exodus 9:32
- Exodus 34:22
- Ezekiel 4:9
- Ezekiel 27:17
- Ezekiel 45:13
- Ezra 6:9
- Ezra 7:22
- Genesis 30:14
- Isaiah 28:25
- Jeremiah 12:13
- Jeremiah 23:28
- Jeremiah 31:12
- Jeremiah 41:8
- Job 31:40
- Joel 1:11
- Joel 2:24
- John 12:24
- Judges 6:11
- Judges 15:1
- Luke 3:17
- Luke 16:7
- Luke 22:31
- Matthew 3:12
- Matthew 13:25
- Matthew 13:29
- Matthew 13:30
- Numbers 18:12
- Proverbs 27:22
- Psalms 81:16
- Psalms 147:14
- Revelation 6:6
- Revelation 18:13
- Ruth 2:23
- Song of Solomon 7:2