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Lexicon :: Strong's H7457 - rāʿēḇ

Aa
רָעֵב
Transliteration
rāʿēḇ
Pronunciation
raw-abe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2183b

Strong’s Definitions

רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; from H7456; hungry (more or less intensely):—hunger bitten, hungry.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H7457 in the following manner: hungry (21x), hungerbitten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H7457 in the following manner: hungry (21x), hungerbitten (1x).

  1. hungry

    1. hungry

    2. hungry man (subst)

    3. of failing strength (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; from H7456; hungry (more or less intensely):—hunger bitten, hungry.
STRONGS H7457: Abbreviations
† רָעֵב adjective hungry; — absolute ר׳ 2 Samuel 17:29 +; feminine singular רְעֵבָה Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; masculine plural רְעֵבִים 1 Samuel 2:5 +; — hungry (sometimes + צָמֵא, עָיֵף), 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 7:12; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 25:21; Psalm 107:5; נֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; as substantive singular a hungry man Isaiah 29:8; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 58:7, 10; Ezekiel 18:7, 16; Job 5:5 (BevJPhil. xxvi. 304 proposes רָעָב, compare Ezekiel 7:15) Ezekiel 22:7, plural 1 Samuel 2:5 (opposed to שְׂבֵעִים בַּלֶּחֶם), Job 24:10 (|| עָרוֺם), Psalm 107:36; Psalm 146:7; יְהִירָֿעֵב אֹנוֺ Job 18:12 (figurative) his strength grows hungry, i.e. fails (Vulgate Ew Di and others); Syriac Version De Bu Du (reading אָוֶן) al. his trouble grows hungry (i.e. ravenous for him), but ר׳ never elsewhere in this sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:5; 2:5

2 Samuel

17:29; 17:29

2 Kings

7:12

Job

5:5; 18:12; 24:10

Psalms

107:5; 107:9; 107:9; 107:36; 146:7

Proverbs

25:21; 27:7; 27:7

Isaiah

8:21; 29:8; 32:6; 58:7; 58:10

Ezekiel

7:15; 18:7; 18:16; 22:7

H7457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7457 matches the Hebrew רָעֵב (rāʿēḇ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full are offering themselves as servants for bread; those who were in need are at rest; truly, she who had no children has become the mother of seven; and she who had a family is wasted with sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - And honey and butter and sheep and milk-cheeses, for David and his people: for they said, This people is in the waste land, needing food and drink and rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king got up in the night and said to his servants, This is my idea of what the Aramaeans have done to us. They have knowledge that we are without food; and so they have gone out of their tents, and are waiting secretly in the open country, saying, When they come out of the town, we will take them living and get into the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - Their produce is taken by him who has no food, and their grain goes to the poor, and he who is in need of water gets it from their spring.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - Their souls became feeble for need of food and drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - He gives its desire to the unresting soul, so that it is full of good things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - And there he gives the poor a resting-place, so that they may make themselves a town;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - Who gives their rights to those who are crushed down; and gives food to those who are in need of it: the Lord makes the prisoners free;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your hater is in need of food, give him bread; and if he is in need of drink, give him water:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - The full man has no use for honey, but to the man in need of food every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And he will go through the land in bitter trouble and in need of food; and when he is unable to get food, he will become angry, cursing his king and his God, and his eyes will be turned to heaven on high;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake there is nothing in his mouth: or like a man in need of water, dreaming that he is drinking; but when he is awake he is feeble and his soul is full of desire: so will all the nations be which make war on Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Is it not to give your bread to those in need, and to let the poor who have no resting-place come into your house? to put a robe on the unclothed one when you see him, and not to keep your eyes shut for fear of seeing his flesh?

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - And if you give your bread to those in need of it, so that the troubled one may have his desire; then you will have light in the dark, and your night will be as the full light of the sun:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - And has done no wrong to any, but has given back to the debtor what is his, and has taken no one's goods by force, and has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - Or done wrong to any, or taken anything from one in his debt, or taken goods by force, but has given food to him who was in need of it, and clothing to him who was without it;
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