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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

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - So when all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 suffered H7456 famine H7456, the people H5971 cried H6817 out H6817 to Pharaoh H6547 for bread H3899; and Pharaoh H6547 said H559 to all H3605 the Egyptians H4714, “Go H1980 to Joseph H3130; whatever H834 he says H559 to you, you shall do H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - “And He humbled H6031 you and let you go H7456 hungry H7456, and fed H398 you with the manna H4478 which H834 you did not know H3045, nor H3808 did your fathers H1 know H3045, in H4616 order H4616 to H4616 make you [fn]understand H3045 that man H120 shall not live H2421 on bread H3899 alone H905, but man H120 shall live H2421 on everything H3605 that comes H4161 out of the mouth H6310 of the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 -

The young H3715 lions H3715 do H7326 without H7326 and suffer H7456 hunger H7456;

But they who seek H1875 the LORD H3068 will not lack H2637 any H3605 good H2896 thing H2896.

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“If H518 I were hungry H7456 I would not tell H559 you,

For the world H8398 is Mine, and [fn]everything H4393 it contains H4393.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 -

People do not despise H936 a thief H1590 if H3588 he steals H1589

To satisfy H4390 [fn]himself H5315 when H3588 he is hungry H7456;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 -

The LORD H3068 will not allow the [fn]righteous H6662 to hunger H7456,

But He will [fn]reject H1920 the craving H1942 of the wicked H7563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 -

Laziness H6103 casts H5307 one into a deep H8639 sleep H8639,

And [fn]a lazy H7423 [fn]person H5315 will suffer H7456 hunger H7456.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass H5674 through [fn]the land dejected H7185 and hungry H7457, and it will turn H1961 out H1961 that when H3588 they are hungry H7456, they will become H7107 enraged H7107 and curse H7043 [fn]their king H4428 and their God H430 as they face H6437 upward H4605.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 -

[fn]They devour H1504 what is on the right H3225 hand H3225 but are still hungry H7456,

And [fn]they eat H398 what is on the left H8040 hand H8040, but they are H7646 not satisfied H7646;

Each H376 of them eats H398 the flesh H1320 of his own arm H2220.

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The craftsman H2796 of iron H1270 shapes a cutting H4621 tool H4621 and does H6466 his work H6466 over the coals H6352, [fn]fashioning H3335 it with hammers H4717 and working H6466 it with his strong H3581 arm H2220. He also H1571 gets H7456 hungry H7456 and [fn]his strength H3581 fails H369; he drinks H8354 no H3808 water H4325 and becomes H3286 weary H3286.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10

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“They will not hunger H7456 or thirst H6770,

Nor H3808 will the scorching H8273 heat H8273 or sun H8121 strike H5221 them down H5221;

For He who has H7355 compassion H7355 on H7355 them will lead H5090 them,

And He will guide H5095 them to springs H4002 of water H4325.

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Therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068 says H559:

“Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will eat H398, but you will be hungry H7456.

Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will drink H8354, but you will be H6770 thirsty H6770.

Behold H2009, My servants H5650 will rejoice H8055, but you will be put H954 to H954 shame H954.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - saying H559, “No H3808, but we will go H935 to the land H776 of Egypt H4714, where H834 we will not see H7200 war H4421, or hear H8085 the sound H6963 of a trumpet H7782, or hunger H7456 for bread H3899, and we will stay H3427 there H8033”;
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