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Lexicon :: Strong's H7458 - rāʿāḇ

Aa
רָעָב
Transliteration
rāʿāḇ
Pronunciation
raw-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2183a

Strong’s Definitions

רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

  1. famine, hunger

    1. famine (in land, nation)

      1. of Jehovah's word (fig)

    2. hunger (of individuals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.
STRONGS H7458: Abbreviations
רָעָב 101 noun masculineGenesis 26:1 famine, hunger; — absolute ר׳ Genesis 12:10 +; suffix רְעָבָם Nehemiah 9:15;
1. famine (in land, nation or city), Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 41:30, 31; Exodus 16:3; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:13 = 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 6:25 +; שְׁנֵי(הָ)ר׳ Genesis 41:27, 30, 36, שְׁנַת ר׳ Genesis 41:50, but also שָׁנִים ר׳ [שָׁלוֺשׁ] שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13 (on gender see AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 103) = 1 Chronicles 21:12; with חזק (be) severe Genesis 47:56; Genesis 47:57; 1 Kings 18:2; 1Ki 25:3= Jeremiah 52:6, חזק עַל Genesis 47:20; with כָּבֵד Genesis 12:10; Genesis 47:4, 13; גָּדוֺל 2 Kings 6:25; זַלְעֲפוֺת ר׳ Lamentations 5:10; מְזֵי ר׳ Deuteronomy 32:24 + Isaiah 5:13 (see [מָזֶה]), תַּחֲלוּאֵי ר׳ Jeremiah 14:18, חַלֲלֵי ר׳ Lamentations 5:10, אֲסֻפֵי ר׳ Ezekiel 34:29; חִצֵּי הָר׳ Ezekiel 5:16; as scourge of י׳ (+ חֶרֶב, דֶּבֶר, etc.; especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel), Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 21:7, 9; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 6:11, 12 +, etc.; figurative of lack of י׳'s word Amos 8:11.
2. hunger, of individual Jeremiah 32:9; Deuteronomy 28:48 (+ צָמָא, etc.), 2 Chronicles 32:11 (+ id.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 26:1; 26:1; 41:27; 41:30; 41:30; 41:31; 41:36; 41:50; 47:4; 47:13; 47:20

Exodus

16:3

Deuteronomy

28:48; 32:24

2 Samuel

21:1; 24:13; 24:13

1 Kings

18:2

2 Kings

4:38; 6:25; 6:25

1 Chronicles

21:12

2 Chronicles

32:11

Nehemiah

9:15

Isaiah

5:13

Jeremiah

5:12; 11:22; 14:12; 14:18; 21:7; 21:9; 32:9; 52:6

Lamentations

5:10; 5:10

Ezekiel

5:2; 5:16; 6:11; 6:12; 34:29

Amos

8:11

H7458

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7458 matches the Hebrew רָעָב (rāʿāḇ),
which occurs 101 times in 88 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:10–Jer 15:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - Now the land was in bitter need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to put all this people to death through need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha went back to Gilgal, now there was very little food in the land; and the sons of the prophets were seated before him. And he said to his servant, Put the great pot on the fire, and make soup for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And they became very short of food in Samaria; for they kept it shut in till the price of an ass's head was eighty shekels of silver, and a small measure of doves' droppings was five shekels of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - If we say, We will go into the town, there is no food in the town, and we will come to our end there; and if we go on waiting here, death will come to us. Come then, let us give ourselves up to the army of Aram: if they let us go on living, then life will be ours; and if they put us to death, then death will be ours.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Now Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had given back to life, Go now, with all the people of your house, and get a living-place for yourselves wherever you are able; for by the word of the Lord, there will be great need of food in the land; and this will go on for seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - Now on the ninth day of the fourth month, the store of food in the town was almost gone, so that there was no food for the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Three years when there will not be enough food; or three months of war, when you will go in flight before your haters, being in great danger of the sword; or three days of the sword of the Lord, disease in the land, and the angel of the Lord taking destruction through all the land of Israel. Now give thought to the answer I am to take back to him who sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers: whatever trouble or whatever disease there may be:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Is it not Hezekiah who has got you to do it, causing your death from need of food and water, by saying, The Lord our God will give us salvation out of the hands of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - And there were some who said, We are giving our fields and our vine-gardens and our houses for debt: let us get grain because we are in need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And you gave them bread from heaven when they were in need, and made water come out of the rock for their drink, and gave them orders to go in and take for their heritage the land which your hand had been lifted up to give them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - When there is need of food he will keep you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - And he took away all food from the land, so that the people were without bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - For this cause my people are taken away as prisoners into strange countries for need of knowledge: and their rulers are wasted for need of food, and their loud-voiced feasters are dry for need of water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the poorest of the land will have food, and those in need will be given a safe resting-place: but your seed will come to an end for need of food, and the rest of you will be put to the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These two things have come on you; who will be weeping for you? wasting and destruction; death from need of food, and from the sword; how may you be comforted?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - So the Lord of armies has said, See, I will send punishment on them: the young men will be put to the sword; their sons and their daughters will come to death through need of food:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When they go without food, I will not give ear to their cry; when they give burned offerings and meal offerings, I will not take pleasure in them: but I will put an end to them by the sword and by need of food and by disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - Then I said, Ah, Lord God! see, the prophets say to them, You will not see the sword or be short of food; but I will give you certain peace in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - So this is what the Lord has said about the prophets who make use of my name, though I sent them not, and say, The sword and need of food will not be in this land: the sword and need of food will put an end to those prophets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they are prophets will be pushed out dead into the streets of Jerusalem, because there is no food, and because of the sword; and they will have no one to put their bodies into the earth, them or their wives or their sons or their daughters: for I will let loose their evil-doing on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go out into the open country, there are those put to death by the sword! and if I go into the town, there are those who are diseased from need of food! for the prophet and the priest go about in the land and have no knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And it will be, when they say to you, Where are we to go? then you are to say to them, The Lord has said, Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are to be in need of food, to need of food; and such as are to be taken away prisoners, to be taken away.

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