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Lexicon :: Strong's G3983 - peinaō

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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")
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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 Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6 - Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 - At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick some heads of grain and eat them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3 - He answered, “Haven’t you read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18 - Early in the morning, as Jesus was on his way back to the city, he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “They also will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or needing clothes or sick or in prison, and did not help you?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 - The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - where for forty days he was tempted[fn] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - Jesus answered them, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be satisfied. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will go hungry. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - On the contrary: “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21 - for when you are eating, some of you go ahead with your own private suppers. As a result, one person remains hungry and another gets drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34 - Anyone who is hungry should eat something at home, so that when you meet together it may not result in judgment. And when I come I will give further directions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - ‘Never again will they hunger; never again will they thirst. The sun will not beat down on them,’[fn] nor any scorching heat.
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