H7457 רָעֵב (râʻêb) raw-abe'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

hungry

Strong's Definition

hungry (more or less intensely)

Derivation: from H7456 (רָעֵב);

KJV Usage: hunger bitten, hungry.

TWOT Reference: 2183b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) hungry

1a) hungry

1b) hungry man (subst)

1c) of failing strength (fig)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1729

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָעֵב (ra.ev) — hungry. 1) hungry 1a) hungry 1b) hungry man (subst) 1c) of failing strength (fig)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רָעֵב (H7457)

adj · רעב

Hunger

hungry = condition of not having food to eat, often leading to weakness

1SA 2:5 · 2SA 17:29 · 2KI 7:12 · JOB 5:5 · JOB 18:12 · JOB 22:7 · JOB 24:10 · PSA 107:5 · PSA 107:9 · PSA 107:36 · PSA 146:7 · PRO 25:21 · PRO 27:7 · ISA 8:21 · ISA 29:8 · ISA 32:6 · ISA 58:7 · ISA 58:10 · EZK 18:7 · EZK 18:16

¹ JOB 18:12 This interpretation follows NJPS that reads the subject אֹנֹו as "his progeny"

Steve Berneking

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָעֵב adj. hungry base

Bible Occurrences (20)

2:5

17:29

7:12

5:5 18:12 22:7 24:10

107:5 107:9 107:36 146:7

25:21 27:7

8:21 29:8 32:6 58:7 58:10

18:7 18:16

1 Samuel 2:5

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 17:29

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 7:12

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 5:5

The hungry consume... his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 18:12

His strength is depleted, and calamity [is] ready at his side.

Job 22:7

You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,

Job 24:10

Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

Proverbs 25:21

If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.