Raev רָעֵב
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| רָעֵב | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | raev |
| Strong's number | H7456 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | be hungry |
| Occurrences | 13 in 13 verses |
| Most frequent in | Isaiah (5) |
Raev (Hebrew רָעֵב, Strong's H7456) is a Hebrew verb meaning “be hungry”. It occurs 13 times in 13 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | hunger (5), hungry (4), famished (1), suffer (1), famish (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | hunger (3), extreme hunger (1), your hunger (1), hungry (1), i were hungry (1), go hungry (1), will suffer hunger (1), they are famished (1), they are still hungry (1), he grows hungry (1), will go hungry (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Raev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 41:55And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.When extreme hunger came to all the land of Egypt and the people cried out to Pharaoh for food, he told all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph and do whatever he tells you.”
Deuteronomy
- Deuteronomy 8:3And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
Psalms
- Psalm 34:10The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
- Psalm 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 6:30Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;Men do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.
- Proverbs 10:3The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.The LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.
- Proverbs 19:15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger.Laziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 8:21And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
- Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
- Isaiah 44:12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.The blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.
- Isaiah 49:10They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them: for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.
- Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
Jeremiah
- Jeremiah 42:14Saying, No; but we will go into the land of Egypt, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the trumpet, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).