Found just under 20 times in the New Testament but quite familiar to those who have studied Greek, the Greek noun “broma” meant “food.” Normally this word describes food in a literal sense (Mt. 14:15; Lk. 9:13; 1 Cor. 6:13; 1 Tim. 4:3), but this term can also be used figuratively. In 1 Cor. 3:2 Paul used this word to describe spiritual immaturity.
Other places where this term is used figuratively include Jn. 4:34 and Heb. 13:9. When this noun is plural, it can describe the “necessary supplies of food in regard to the feeding of the multitude (Matt. 14:15; cf. Luke 9:12)” (Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament, 1:228).