Raav רָעָב

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Raav
רָעָב
Transliterationraav
Strong's numberH7458
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossfamine
Occurrences101 in 88 verses
Most frequent inJeremiah (30)

Raav (Hebrew רָעָב, Strong's H7458) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “famine”. It occurs 101 times in 88 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

1) famine, hunger
1a) famine (in land, nation)
1a1) of Jehovah's word (fig)
1b) hunger (of individuals)

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

Translated as

KJVfamine (87), hunger (8), dearth (5), famished (1)
BSBfamine (87), hunger (3), another famine (1), starve (1), there was a famine (1), during the famine (1), their hunger (1), are starving (1), destined for famine (1), account of famine (1)

Verses

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

Genesis

Exodus

Deuteronomy

Ruth

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Lamentations

Ezekiel

Amos

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).
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