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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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“Those who were full H7649 hire H7936 themselves out H7936 for bread H3899,

But those who were hungry H7457 cease H2308 to be hungry.

Even H5704 the infertile H6135 woman H6135 gives H3205 birth H3205 to seven H7651,

But she who has many H7227 children H1121 languishes H535.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey H1706, curds H2529, sheep H6629, and cheese H8194 of the herd H1241, for David H1732 and the people H5971 who H834 were with him, to eat H398. For they said H559, “The people H5971 are hungry H7457 and exhausted H5889 and thirsty H6771 in the wilderness H4057.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king H4428 got H6965 up H6965 in the night H3915 and said H559 to his servants H5650, “I will now H4994 tell H5046 you what H834 the Arameans H758 have done H6213 to us. They know H3045 that we are hungry H7457; so they have left H3318 H4480 the camp H4264 to hide H2247 themselves in the field H7704, saying H559, ‘When H3588 they come H3318 out H3318 of the city H5892, we will capture H8610 them alive H2416 and get H935 into the city H5892.’”

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“[fn]The hungry H7457 devour H398 his harvest H7105

And take H3947 it to a place of thorns H6791,

And the [fn]schemer H6782 is eager H7602 for their wealth H2428.

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“His strength H202 is famished H7457,

And disaster H343 is ready H3559 at his side H6763.

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“You have given H8248 the weary H5889 no H3808 water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248,

And you have withheld H4513 bread H3899 from the hungry H7457.

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“The poor move H1980 about H1980 naked H6174 without H1097 clothing H3830,

And they carry H5375 sheaves H6016, while going hungry H7457.

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They were hungry H7457 [fn]and thirsty H6771;

Their souls H5315 felt H5848 weak H5848 within them.

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For He has satisfied H7646 the [fn]thirsty H8264 soul H5315,

And He has filled H4390 the hungry H7457 soul H5315 with what H2896 is H2896 good H2896.

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And He has the hungry H7457 live H3427 there H8033,

So that they may establish H3559 [fn]an inhabited H4186 city H5892,

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Who executes H6213 justice H4941 for the oppressed H6231;

Who gives H5414 food H3899 to the hungry H7457.

The LORD H3068 frees H5425 H6605 the prisoners H631.

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If H518 [fn]your enemy H8130 is hungry H7457, give H398 him food H3899 to H398 eat H398;

And if H518 he is thirsty H6771, give H8248 him water H4325 to H8248 drink H8248;

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A satisfied H7649 [fn]person H5315 [fn]despises H947 honey H5317,

But to a hungry H7457 [fn]person H5315 any H3605 bitter H4751 thing H4751 is sweet H4966.

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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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It will be as when H834 a hungry H7457 person H7457 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is eating H398;

But when he awakens H6974, his [fn]hunger H5315 is not satisfied H7386,

Or as when H834 a thirsty H6771 person H6771 dreams H2492—

And behold H2009, he is drinking H8354,

But when he awakens H6974, behold H2009, he is faint H5889

And his [fn]thirst H5315 is not quenched H8264.

So H3651 will the multitude H1995 of all H3605 the nations H1471 be

Who wage H6633 war H6633 against H5921 Mount H2022 Zion H6726.

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For a fool H5036 speaks H1696 nonsense H5039,

And his heart H3820 [fn]inclines H6213 toward wickedness H205:

To practice H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD H3068,

To [fn]keep H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 unsatisfied H7324

And [fn]to withhold H2637 drink H4945 from the thirsty H6771.

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“Is it not to break H6536 your bread H3899 [fn]with the hungry H7457

And bring H935 the homeless H4788 poor H6041 into the house H1004;

When H3588 you see H7200 the naked H6174, to cover H3680 him;

And not to hide H5956 yourself from your own flesh H1320?

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And if you offer H6329 yourself H5315 to the hungry H7457

And satisfy H7646 the [fn]need H5315 of the afflicted H6031,

Then your light H216 will rise H2224 in darkness H2822,

And your gloom H653 will become like midday H6672.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and if a man H376 does not oppress H3238 anyone, but restores H7725 to the debtor H2326 his pledge H2258, does not commit H1497 robbery H1500, but gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - nor oppressed H3238 anyone H376, nor retained H2254 a pledge H2258, nor committed H1497 robbery H1500; instead, he gives H5414 his bread H3899 to the hungry H7457 and covers H3680 the naked H5903 with clothing H899,
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