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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).
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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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6 - Happy are those whose heart's desire is for righteousness: for they will have their desire.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 - At that time Jesus went through the fields on the Sabbath day; and his disciples, being in need of food, were taking the heads of grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3 - But he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did when he had need of food, and those who were with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18 - Now in the morning when he was coming back to the town, he had a desire for food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - For I was in need of food, and you gave it to me: I was in need of drink, and you gave it to me: I was wandering, and you took me in;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - Then will the upright make answer to him, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food, and give it to you? or in need of drink, and give it to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - For I was in need of food, and you gave it not to me; I was in need of drink, and you gave it not to me:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then will they make answer, saying, Lord, when did we see you in need of food or drink, or wandering, or without clothing, or ill, or in prison, and did not take care of you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And he said to them, Have you no knowledge of what David did, when he had need and was without food, he, and those who were with him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 - And on the day after, when they had come out from Bethany, he was in need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - Those who had no food he made full of good things; the men of wealth he sent away with nothing in their hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - For forty days, being tested by the Evil One. And he had no food in those days; and when they came to an end, he was in need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - And Jesus said, Have you not seen in the Writings what David did when he was in need of food, he, and those who were with him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - Happy are you who are in need of food now: for you will be made full. Happy are you who are weeping now; for you will be glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - Unhappy are you who are full of food now: for you will be in need. Unhappy are you who are laughing now: for you will be crying in sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - And this was the answer of Jesus: I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be in need of food, and he who has faith in me will never be in need of drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - But if one who has hate for you is in need of food or of drink, give it to him, for in so doing you will put coals of fire on his head.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21 - For when you take your food, everyone takes his meal before the other; and one has not enough food, and another is the worse for drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34 - If any man is in need of food, let him take his meal in his house; so that you may not come together to your damage. And the rest I will put in order when I come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - They will never be in need of food or drink: and they will never again be troubled by the burning heat of the sun:
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