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List Of Bible Foods

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Have you always wanted to prepare a biblical feast? Perhaps you would just like to learn more about the different types of foods in the Bible. Hundreds of Scripture passages describe foods, drinks, and stories of feasting and eating meals.

Some of today’s healthiest known foods were part of the biblical diet. These include olives, olive oil, grapes, goat milk, raw honey, lamb, pomegranates, and bitter herbs.

Scripture also contains a few accounts of people eating highly unusual and supernatural foods. This complete “shopping list” consists of spices, fruits, vegetables, seeds, grains, fish, fowl, meats, drinks, and many other strange foods of the Bible. They range in taste and aroma from sweet to savory to pungent. References to the passages are provided for each of the Bible foods.

Seasonings, Spices, ​and Herbs

Spices and herbs consumed as food in the Bible were used to flavor bread, cakes, meats, soups, stews, and were taken as digestive aids. Coriander, the seed of cilantro, is known today to be a powerful anti-oxidant with natural cleansing qualities.

Fruits and Nuts

People of the Bible ate many of today’s most nutritious “superfoods” in this grouping of fruits and nuts. Pomegranates, for example, are believed to have highly beneficial anti-inflammatory, anti-oxidant, and anti-tumor properties.

Vegetables and Legumes

God provided vegetables and legumes packed with nutrients, fiber, and protein to power the people of the Bible. In Babylon, Daniel and his friends observed a diet of only vegetables (Daniel 1:12).

Grains

Healthy grains were a primary staple in Bible times. Grains are some of the easiest natural foods to keep preserved for years. Throughout the Bible, bread is a symbol of God’s life-sustaining provision. Jesus Himself is the “Bread of Life”—our true source of spiritual life. The bread that Jesus represents never perishes or spoils.  

Fish

Seafood was another staple in the Bible. However, only certain fish and other seafood were suitable for eating. According to Leviticus 11:9, edible seafood had to have fins and scales. Shellfish was prohibited. Today we know that fish such as Tuna, Salmon, Cod, Red Snapper, and many others are high in protein and healthy omega fats, which can help reduce inflammation, lower blood pressure, and provide many other health benefits.

Fowl

These birds were considered clean and suitable for eating in the Bible.

Animal Meats

The Bible distinguishes between clean and unclean animals. According to the book of Leviticus, clean meats are those from animals that have a cloven hoof and chew the cud. Jewish dietary laws taught God’s people not to eat the blood of animals or any meat that had been sacrificed to idols. These foods were considered unclean. Clean animal meats of the Bible were:

Dairy

Along with bread, fish, meat, olives, grapes, and other fruits and vegetables, dairy products were important foods of the Bible. They provided great variety and significant nutrition to the ancient world. Fresh, raw products from grass-fed cows, sheep, and goats constituted the dairy portion of the biblical diet.

Miscellaneous Foods of the Bible

Many of these foods of the Bible, such as raw honey, contain disease-fighting and energy-boosting nutrients, allergy defense builders, and probiotic support.

Unusual and Supernatural ‘Foods’ in the Bible

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