Quick Definition
be hungry
Strong's Definition
to hunger
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
TWOT Reference: 2183
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רָעֵב (ra.ev) — be hungry. 1) to be hungry, be voracious 1a) (Qal) to be hungry 1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָעֵב vb. be hungry Qal be hungry
Hiph. allow one to hunger
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