Raev רָעֵב

Raev (Hebrew רָעֵב, Strong's H7457) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “hungry”. It occurs 20 times in 20 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Raev, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Samuel

• 1 Samuel 2:5
  They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 17:29
  And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”

2 Kings

• 2 Kings 7:12
  And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”

Job

• Job 5:5
  Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
• Job 18:12
  His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
• Job 22:7
  Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
• Job 24:10
  They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

Psalms

• Psalm 107:5
  Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
• Psalm 107:9
  For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
• Psalm 107:36
  And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
• Psalm 146:7
  Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,

Proverbs

• Proverbs 25:21
  If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
• Proverbs 27:7
  The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.

Isaiah

• Isaiah 8:21
  And 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 29:8
  It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
• Isaiah 32:6
  For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
• Isaiah 58:7
  Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
• Isaiah 58:10
  And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

Ezekiel

• Ezekiel 18:7
  And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
• Ezekiel 18:16
  Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).