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Lexicon :: Strong's H7457 - rāʿēḇ

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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 Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows’ milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - The king got up in the night and said to his officers, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving; so they have left the camp to hide in the countryside, thinking, ‘They will surely come out, and then we will take them alive and get into the city.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You gave no water to the weary and you withheld food from the hungry,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - for he satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - there he brought the hungry to live, and they founded a city where they could settle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - He upholds the cause of the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets prisoners free,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - One who is full loathes honey from the comb, but to the hungry even what is bitter tastes sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - Distressed and hungry, they will roam through the land; when they are famished, they will become enraged and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - as when a hungry person dreams of eating, but awakens hungry still; as when a thirsty person dreams of drinking, but awakens faint and thirsty still. So will it be with the hordes of all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For fools speak folly, their hearts are bent on evil: They practice ungodliness and spread error concerning the LORD; the hungry they leave empty and from the thirsty they withhold water.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with shelter— when you see the naked, to clothe them, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - He does not oppress anyone, but returns what he took in pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - He does not oppress anyone or require a pledge for a loan. He does not commit robbery but gives his food to the hungry and provides clothing for the naked.
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