Quick Definition
to starve
Strong's Definition
to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: famish, wax lean.
TWOT Reference: 2139
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָזָה (ra.zah) — to starve. 1) to be or become or grow lean 1a) (Qal) to make lean 1b) (Niphal) to be made lean
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רָזֶה · רָזֹון · רָזִי
Thin | verb nif
to grow lean, to waste away = process by which humans lose flesh or fat on their body; ≈ used figuratively to denote how a nation loses its wealth and prosperity
Thin | verb qal
to cause to waste away literally: to cause to grow lean; hence: = causative process by which humans cause other humans to lose flesh or fat on their body ◄ by withholding food; ≈ used figuratively ro denote a situation in which idols are no longer sacrificed to, as a result of which they waste away
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָזָה vb. be or grow lean Qal appar. make lean
Niph. be made lean
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