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Lexicon :: Strong's H7456 - rāʿēḇ

Aa
רָעֵב
Transliteration
rāʿēḇ
Pronunciation
raw-abe'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2183

Strong’s Definitions

רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; a primitive root; to hunger:—(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H7456 in the following manner: ..hunger (5x), hungry (4x), suffer famish (1x), famished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H7456 in the following manner: ..hunger (5x), hungry (4x), suffer famish (1x), famished (1x).

  1. to be hungry, be voracious

    1. (Qal) to be hungry

    2. (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; a primitive root; to hunger:—(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
STRONGS H7456: Abbreviations
† רָעֵב verb be hungry (Late Hebrew id. Hiph. and derivatives; Assyrian rûbatu, hunger; Arabic bdb094405 be roomy, voracious, bdb094406 desire vehemently; Ethiopic bdb094407 be hungry); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural ר׳ Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 44:12; 3rd person plural רָעֵ֑בוּ Psalm 34:11; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִרְעַב Isaiah 8:21, 1st person plural נִרְעַב Jeremiah 42:14, etc.; — be hungry Isaiah 8:21; Genesis 41:55 (E; of land, = have famine), Jeremiah 42:14 (לַלֶּחֶם), Isaiah 49:10 (|| צמא), Isaiah 65:13 (|| id.; opposed to אכל), Psalm 50:12 if I should be hungry (of י׳), Proverbs 6:30; Proverbs 19:15.
Hiph. allow one to hunger, subject י׳ : Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּרְעִבֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 8:3 (opposed to וַיַּאֲִֽֽֽכלְךָ), יַרְעִיב נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 10:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:55

Deuteronomy

8:3

Psalms

34:11; 50:12

Proverbs

6:30; 10:3; 19:15

Isaiah

8:21; 8:21; 9:19; 44:12; 49:10; 65:13

Jeremiah

42:14; 42:14

H7456

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7456 matches the Hebrew רָעֵב (rāʿēḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - And when H7456➔ all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 was famished, ➔ H7456 the people H5971 cried H6817 to H413 Pharaoh H6547 for bread: H3899 and H559➔ Pharaoh H6547 said ➔H559 unto all H3605 the Egyptians, H4713 Go H3212 unto H413 Joseph; H3130 what H834 he saith H559 to you, do. H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - And he humbled thee, H6031 and suffered thee to hunger, H7456 and fed thee H398 with manna, H4478 which H834 thou knewest H3045 not, H3808 neither H3808 did H3045➔ thy fathers H1 know; ➔H3045 that H4616 he might make thee know H3045 that H3588 man H120 doth H2421➔ not H3808 live ➔H2421 by H5921 bread H3899 only, H905 but H3588 by H5921 every H3605 word that proceedeth H4161 out of the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068 doth H2421➔ man H120 live. ➔H2421

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions H3715 do lack, H7326 and suffer hunger: H7456 but they that seek H1875 the LORD H3068 shall H2637➔ not H3808 want ➔H2637 any H3605 good H2896 thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - If H518 I were hungry, H7456 I would H559➔ not H3808 tell ➔H559 thee: for H3588 the world H8398 is mine, H589 and the fulness thereof. H4393

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 - Men do H936➔ not H3808 despise ➔H936 a thief, H1590 if H3588 he steal H1589 to satisfy H4390 his soul H5315 when H3588 he is hungry; H7456

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The LORD H3068 will H7456➔ not H3808 suffer ➔ H7456➔ the soul H5315 of the righteous H6662 to famish: ➔ H7456 but H1942➔ he casteth away H1920 the substance ➔H1942 of the wicked. H7563

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - Slothfulness H6103 casteth H5307 into a deep sleep; H8639 and an H5315➔ idle H7423 soul ➔H5315 shall suffer hunger. H7456

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they shall pass H5674 through it, hardly bestead H7185 and hungry: H7457 and it shall come to pass, H1961 that H7107➔ when H3588 they shall be hungry, H7456 they shall fret themselves, ➔H7107 and curse H7043 their king H4428 and their God, H430 and look H6437 upward. H4605

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - And he shall snatch H1504 on H5921 the right hand, H3225 and be hungry; H7456 and he shall eat H398 on H5921 the left hand, H8040 and H3808➔ they shall H7646➔ not ➔H3808 be satisfied: ➔H7646 they shall eat H398 every man H376 the flesh H1320 of his own arm: H2220

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith H1270 H2796 with the tongs H4621 both worketh H6466 in the coals, H6352 and H4717➔ fashioneth H3335 it with hammers, ➔H4717 and worketh it H6466 with the strength H3581 of his arms: H2220 yea, H1571 he is hungry, H7456 and H369➔ his strength H3581 faileth: ➔H369 he drinketh H8354 no H3808 water, H4325 and is faint. H3286

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They shall H7456➔ not H3808 hunger ➔ H7456 nor H3808 thirst; H6770 neither H3808 shall H5221➔ the heat H8273 nor sun H8121 smite them: ➔H5221 for H3588 he that hath mercy on them H7355 shall lead them, H5090 even by H5921 the springs H4002 of water H4325 shall he guide them. H5095

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3069 Behold, H2009 my servants H5650 shall eat, H398 but ye H859 shall be hungry: H7456 behold, H2009 my servants H5650 shall drink, H8354 but ye H859 shall be thirsty: H6770 behold, H2009 my servants H5650 shall rejoice, H8055 but ye H859 shall be ashamed: H954

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - Saying, H559 No; H3808 but H3588 we will go H935 into the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 where H834 we shall see H7200 no H3808 war, H4421 nor H3808 hear H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet, H7782 nor H3808 have hunger H7456 of bread; H3899 and there H8033 will we dwell: H3427
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