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Lexicon :: Strong's G3983 - peinaō

Aa
πεινάω
Transliteration
peinaō (Key)
Pronunciation
pi-nah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as πένης (G3993) (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:12,820

Strong’s Definitions

πεινάω peináō, pi-nah'-o; from the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave:—be an hungered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G3983 in the following manner: hunger (10x), be an hungred (9x), be hungry (3x), hungry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G3983 in the following manner: hunger (10x), be an hungred (9x), be hungry (3x), hungry (1x).

  1. to hunger, be hungry

    1. to suffer want

    2. to be needy

  2. metaph. to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πεινάω peináō, pi-nah'-o; from the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave:—be an hungered.
STRONGS G3983:
πεινάω, πείνω, infinitive πεινᾶν (Philippians 4:12); future πεινάσω (Luke 6:25; Revelation 7:16); 1 aorist ἐπείνασα — for the earlier forms πεινην, πεινήσω, ἐπείνησα; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 61 and 204; Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; (Buttmann, 37 (32); 44 (38)); see also διψάω; (from πεινᾷ hunger; (see πένης)); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעֵב; to hunger, be hungry;
a. properly: Matthew 4:2; Matthew 12:1, 3; Matthew 21:18; Matthew 25:35, 37, 42, 44; Mark 2:25; Mark 11:12; Luke 4:2; Luke 6:3, 25; equivalent to to suffer want, Romans 12:20; 1 Corinthians 11:21, 34; to be needy, Luke 1:53; Luke 6:21; Philippians 4:12; in this same sense it is joined with δίψαν, 1 Corinthians 4:11; in figurative discourse, οὐ πεινᾶν καί οὐ δίψαν is used to describe the condition of one who is in need of nothing requisite for his real (spiritual) life and salvation, John 6:35; Revelation 7:16.
b. metaphorically, to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire: with the accusative of the thing, τήν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 5:6 (in the better Greek authors with a genitive as χρημάτων, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 39; συμμαχων, 7, 5, 50; ἐπαινου, oec. 13, 9; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10, b. at the end; (Buttmann, § 131, 4); Kuinoel on Matthew 5:6, and see διψάω, 2).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:2; 5:6; 5:6; 12:1; 12:3; 21:18; 25:35; 25:37; 25:42; 25:44
Mark
2:25; 11:12
Luke
1:53; 4:2; 6:3; 6:21; 6:25; 6:25
John
6:35
Romans
12:20
1 Corinthians
4:11; 11:21; 11:34
Philippians
4:12; 4:12
Revelation
7:16; 7:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3983 matches the Greek πεινάω (peinaō),
which occurs 23 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And after He had fasted G3522 for forty G5062 days G2250 and forty G5062 nights G3571, He [fn]then G5305 became hungry G3983.

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“Blessed G3107 are those G3588 who hunger G3983 and thirst G1372 for righteousness G1343, for they will be satisfied G5526.

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[fn]At that time G2540 Jesus G2424 went G4198 through G1223 the grainfields G4702 on the Sabbath G4521, and His disciples G3101 became hungry G3983 and began G757 to pick G5089 the heads G4719 of grain and eat G2068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3 - But He said G3004 to them, “Have you not read G314 what G5101 David G1138 did G4160 when G3753 he became hungry G3983, he and his companions G3588 G3326—

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Now G1161 in the early G4404 morning G4404, when He was returning G1877 to the city G4172, He became hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - ‘For I was hungry G3983, and you gave G1325 Me something to eat G2068; I was thirsty G1372, and you gave G4222 Me something to G4222 drink G4222; I was a stranger G3581, and you invited G4863 Me in;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then G5119 the righteous G1342 will answer G611 Him, ‘Lord G2962, when G4219 did we see G3708 You hungry G3983, and feed G5142 You, or G2228 thirsty G1372, and give G4222 You something to G4222 drink G4222?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - for I was hungry G3983, and you gave G1325 Me nothing G3756 to eat G2068; I was thirsty G1372, and you gave G4222 Me nothing G3756 to G4222 drink G4222;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then G5119 they themselves G846 also G2532 will answer G611, ‘Lord G2962, when G4219 did we see G3708 You hungry G3983, or G2228 thirsty G1372, or G2228 as a stranger G3581, or G2228 naked G1131, or G2228 sick G772, or G2228 in prison G5438, and did not [fn]take G1247 care G1247 of You?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And He *said G3004 to them, “Have you never G3763 read G314 what G5101 David G1138 did G4160 when G3753 he was in need G5532 and he and his companions G3588 G3326 became hungry G3983;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 -

On the next G1887 day G1887, when they had left G1831 Bethany G963, He became hungry G3983.

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“He has filled G1705 the hungry G3983 with good G18 things G18,

And sent G1821 the rich G4147 away G1821 empty-handed G2756.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - for forty G5062 days G2250, being tempted G3985 by the devil G1228. And He ate G2068 nothing G3756 G3762 during G1722 those G1565 days G2250, and when they had ended G4931, He was hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - And Jesus G2424, answering G611 them, said G3004, “Have you not even G3761 read G314 what G3739 David G1138 did G4160 when G3698 he was hungry G3983, he and those G3588 who were with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - “Blessed G3107 are [fn]you who are hungry G3983 now G3568, for you will be satisfied G5526. Blessed G3107 are [fn]you who weep G2799 now G3568, for you will laugh G1070.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - “Woe G3759 to you who [fn]are well-fed G1705 now G3568, for you will be hungry G3983. Woe G3759 to you who laugh G1070 now G3568, for you will mourn G3996 and weep G2799.

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Jesus G2424 said G3004 to them, “I am G1510 the bread G740 of life G2222; the one who comes G2064 to Me will not be G3983 hungry G3983, and the one who believes G4100 in Me will never G3756 G3361 be G1372 thirsty G1372.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - “BUT IF G1437 YOUR ENEMY G2190 IS HUNGRY G3983, FEED G5595 HIM; IF G1437 HE IS THIRSTY G1372, GIVE G4222 HIM A G4222 DRINK G4222; FOR IN SO G3778 DOING G4160 YOU WILL HEAP G4987 BURNING G4442 COALS G440 ON HIS HEAD G2776.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - Up G891 to G891 this G3588 present G737 hour G5610 we are both G2532 hungry G3983 and thirsty G1372, and are poorly G1130 clothed G1130 and roughly G2852 treated G2852 and homeless G790;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21 - for when G1722 you eat G2068, each G1538 one G1538 takes G4301 his own G2398 supper G1173 first G4301; and one G3739 G3303 goes G3983 hungry G3983 while another G3739 G1161 gets G3184 drunk G3184.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34 - If G1487 anyone G5100 is hungry G3983, have him eat G2068 at home G3624, so G2443 that G2443 you do not come G4905 together G4905 for judgment G2917. As to the remaining G3062 matters G3062, I will give G1299 instructions G1299 when G5613 I come G2064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I know G6063 how G6063 to get G5013 along G5013 with G5013 little G5013, and I also G2532 know G6063 how G6063 to live G4052 in G4052 prosperity G4052; in any G3956 and every G3956 circumstance I have learned G3453 the G3453 secret G3453 of being filled G5526 and going G3983 hungry G3983, both G2532 of having G4052 abundance G4052 and suffering G5302 need G5302.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - “They will no G3756 longer G2089 hunger G3983 nor G3761 thirst G1372, nor G3761 will the sun G2246 [fn]beat G4098 down G4098 on them, nor G3761 any G3956 scorching G2738 heat G2738;
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