This noun refers to provisions or food supplies, especially those gathered for a journey or stored for future need. In Luke 9:12, the disciples suggest Jesus send the crowds away so they can find food and lodging in nearby villages—the word denotes the provisions needed to sustain the multitude. Classically, it could refer both to the act of foraging for supplies and to the stockpile itself. The multilingual evidence is remarkably consistent: provisions, provisiones, Proviant—showing universal recognition of this as travel rations or food stores.