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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.).
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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

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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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land: H776 and H3381 Abram H87 went down H3381 into Egypt H4714 to sojourn H1481 there; H8033 for H3588 the famine H7458 was grievous H3515 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land, H776 beside H905 the H7458 first H7223 famine  H7458 that H834 was H1961 in the days H3117 of Abraham. H85 And H3212 Isaac H3327 went H3212 unto H413 Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430 unto Gerar. H1642
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And H7651 the H6510 seven H7651 thin H7534 and ill favoured H7451 kine H6510 that came up H5927 after them H310 are seven H7651 years; H8141 and H7651 the H7641 seven H7651 empty H7386 ears H7641 blasted H7710 with the east wind H6921 shall be H1961 seven H7651 years H8141 of famine. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - And there shall arise H6965 after them H310 seven H7651 years H8141 of famine; H7458 and H7911 all H3605 the plenty H7647 shall be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt; H4714 and H3615 the famine H7458 shall consume H3615 the land; H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - And H3808 the plenty H7647 shall H3045 not H3808 be known H3045 in the land H776 by reason H6440 of H7458 that H1931 famine  H7458 following; H310 for H3588 it H1931 shall be very H3966 grievous. H3515
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And H1961 that food H400 shall be H1961 for store H6487 to the land H776 against H7651 the H7458 seven H7651 years H8141 of famine,  H7458 which H834 shall be H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt; H4714 that H3808 the land H776 perish H3772 not H3808 through the famine. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And unto Joseph H3130 were born H3205 two H8147 sons H1121 before H2962 the H7458 years H8141 of famine  H7458 came, H935 which H834 Asenath H621 the daughter H1323 of Potipherah H6319 H6319 priest H3548 of On H204 bare H3205 unto him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - And H2490 the H7458 seven H7651 years H8141 of dearth  H7458 began H2490 to come, H935 according as H834 Joseph H3130 had said: H559 and H1961 the H776 dearth H7458 was H1961 in all H3605 lands; H776 but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was H1961 bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - And the famine H7458 was H1961 over H5921 all H3605 the face H6440 of the earth: H776 And H6605 Joseph H3130 opened H6605 all H3605 the storehouses, H834 and sold H7666 unto the Egyptians; H4713 and H2388 the famine H7458 waxed sore H2388 in the land H776 of Egypt. H4714
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And all H3605 countries H776 came H935 into Egypt H4714 to H413 Joseph H3130 for to buy H7666 corn; because that H3588 the famine H7458 was so sore H2388 in all H3605 lands. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - And H935 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to buy H7666 corn among H8432 those that came: H935 for H3588 the famine H7458 was H1961 in the land H776 of Canaan. H3667
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - And the famine H7458 was sore H3515 in the land. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For H3588 these H2088 two years H8141 hath the famine H7458 been in H7130 the land: H776 and yet H5750 there are five H2568 years, H8141 in the which H834 there shall neither H369 be earing H2758 nor harvest. H7105
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And H3557 there H8033 will I nourish H3557 thee; H853 for H3588 yet H5750 there are five H2568 years H8141 of famine; H7458 lest H6435 thou, H859 and thy household, H1004 and all H3605 that H834 thou hast, come to poverty. H3423
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They said moreover H559 unto H413 Pharaoh, H6547 For to sojourn H1481 in the land H776 are we come; H935 for H3588 thy servants have H5650 no H369 pasture H4829 for their flocks; H6629 for H3588 the famine H7458 is sore H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan: H3667 now therefore, H6258 we pray thee, H4994 let H3427 thy servants H5650 dwell H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen. H1657
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And H3899 there was no H369 bread H3899 in all H3605 the land; H776 for H3588 the famine H7458 was very H3966 sore, H3515 so that H3856 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and all the land H776 of Canaan H3667 fainted H3856 by reason H6440 of the famine. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - And H7069 Joseph H3130 bought H7069 all H3605 the land H127 of Egypt H4714 for Pharaoh; H6547 for H3588 the Egyptians H4713 sold H4376 every man H376 his field, H7704 because H3588 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 over them: H5921 so H1961 the land H776 became H1961 Pharaoh's. H6547
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And H559 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 unto them, H413 Would H4310 to God H5414 we had died H4191 by the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 in the land H776 of Egypt, H4714 when we sat H3427 by H5921 the flesh H1320 pots, H5518 and when we did eat H398 bread H3899 to the full; H7648 for H3588 ye have brought H3318 us H853 forth H3318 into H413 this H2088 wilderness, H4057 to kill H4191 this H2088 whole H3605 assembly H6951 with hunger. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - Therefore shalt thou serve H5647 thine enemies H341 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall send H7971 against thee, in hunger, H7458 and in thirst, H6772 and in nakedness, H5903 and in want H2640 of all H3605 things: and he shall put H5414 a yoke H5923 of iron H1270 upon H5921 thy neck, H6677 until H5704 he have destroyed H8045 thee. H853
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They shall be burnt H4198 with hunger, H7458 and devoured H3898 with burning heat, H7565 and with H6986 bitter H4815 destruction: H6986 I will H7971 also H8127 send H7971 the teeth H8127 of beasts H929 upon them, with H5973 the poison H2534 of serpents H2119 of the dust. H6083
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - Now it came to pass H1961 in the days H3117 when H8199 the judges H8199 ruled, H8199 that there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the land. H776 And H3212 a certain man H376 of Bethlehemjudah H1035 H1035 H3063 went H3212 to sojourn H1481 in the country H7704 of Moab, H4124 he, H1931 and his wife, H802 and H8147 his H1121 two H8147 sons. H1121
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - Then there was H1961 a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 three H7969 years, H8141 year H8141 after H310 year; H8141 and H1245 David H1732 enquired H1245 of H6440 the LORD. H3068 And H559 the LORD H3068 answered, H559 It is for H413 Saul, H7586 and for H413 his bloody H1818 house, H1004 because H5921 he slew H4191 the Gibeonites. H1393
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So H935 Gad H1410 came H935 to H413 David, H1732 and told H5046 him, and said H559 unto him, Shall H935 seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 come H935 unto thee in thy land? H776 or H518 wilt thou flee H5127 three H7969 months H2320 before H6440 thine enemies, H6862 while they H1931 pursue thee? H7291 or that H518 there be H1961 three H7969 days' H3117 pestilence H1698 in thy land? H776 now H6258 advise, H3045 and see H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to him that sent me. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If H3588 there be H1961 in the land H776 famine, H7458 if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence, H1698 blasting, H7711 mildew, H3420 locust, H697 or if H3588 there be H1961 caterpiller; H2625 if H3588 their enemy H341 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their cities; H8179 whatsoever H3605 plague, H5061 whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - And H3212 Elijah H452 went H3212 to shew himself H7200 unto H413 Ahab. H256 And H7458 there was a  H7458 sore H2389 famine  H7458 in Samaria. H8111
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha H477 came again H7725 to Gilgal: H1537 and there was a dearth H7458 in the land; H776 and the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 before him: H6440 and he said H559 unto his servant, H5288 Set on H8239 the great H1419 pot, H5518 and seethe H1310 pottage H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets. H5030
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And there was H1961 a H7458 great H1419 famine  H7458 in Samaria: H8111 and, behold, H2009 they besieged H6696 it, H5921 until H5704 an H7218 ass's H2543 head H7218 was H1961 sold for fourscore H8084 pieces of silver, H3701 and the fourth part H7255 of a cab H6894 of dove's dung H2755 H1686 for five H2568 pieces of silver. H3701
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - If H518 we say, H559 We will enter H935 into the city, H5892 then the famine H7458 is in the city, H5892 and we shall die H4191 there: H8033 and if H518 we sit still H3427 here, H6311 we die also. H4191 Now therefore H6258 come, H3212 and let us fall H5307 unto H413 the host H4264 of the Syrians: H758 if H518 they save us alive, H2421 we shall live; H2421 and if H518 they kill us, H4191 we shall but die. H4191
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - Then H477 spake H1696 Elisha H477 unto H413 the woman, H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored to life, H2421 saying, H559 Arise, H6965 and go H3212 thou H859 and thine household, H1004 and sojourn H1481 wheresoever H834 thou canst sojourn: H1481 for H3588 the LORD H3068 hath called H7121 for a famine; H7458 and H1571 it shall H935 also H1571 come H935 upon H413 the land H776 seven H7651 years. H8141
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - And H2388 on the ninth H8672 day of the H2320 fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 prevailed H2388 in the city, H5892 and H3808 there was H1961 no H3808 bread H3899 for the people H5971 of the land. H776
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - Either H518 three H7969 years' H8141 famine; H7458 or H518 three H7969 months H2320 to be destroyed H5595 before H6440 thy foes, H6862 while that the sword H2719 of thine enemies H341 overtaketh H5381 thee; or else H518 three H7969 days H3117 the sword H2719 of the LORD, H3068 even the pestilence, H1698 in the land, H776 and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout all H3605 the coasts H1366 of Israel. H3478 Now therefore H6258 advise thyself H7200 what H4100 word H1697 I shall bring again H7725 to H854 him that sent me. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If H3588 there be H1961 dearth H7458 in the land, H776 if H3588 there be H1961 pestilence, H1698 if H3588 there be H1961 blasting, H7711 or mildew, H3420 locusts, H697 or caterpillers; H2625 if H3588 their enemies H341 besiege H6696 them in the cities H8179 of their land; H776 whatsoever H3605 sore H5061 or whatsoever H3605 sickness H4245 there be:
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If, H518 when evil H7451 cometh H935 upon us, H5921 as the sword, H2719 judgment, H8196 or pestilence, H1698 or famine, H7458 we stand H5975 before H6440 this H2088 house, H1004 and in thy presence, H6440 (for H3588 thy name H8034 is in H1004 this H2088 house,) H1004 and cry H2199 unto thee H413 in our affliction, H6869 then thou wilt hear H8085 and help. H3467
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Doth H5496 not H3808 Hezekiah H2396 persuade H5496 you H853 to give over H5414 yourselves H853 to die H4191 by famine H7458 and by thirst, H6772 saying, H559 The LORD H3068 our God H430 shall deliver us H5337 out of the hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria? H804
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - Some also there were H3426 that H834 said, H559 We H587 have mortgaged H6148 our lands, H7704 vineyards, H3754 and houses, H1004 that we might buy H3947 corn, H1715 because of the dearth. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And H3899 gavest H5414 them bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for their hunger, H7458 and H4325 broughtest forth H3318 water H4325 for them out of the rock H5553 for their thirst, H6772 and promisedst H559 them that they should go in H935 to possess H3423 the land H776 which H834 thou hadst sworn H5375 H853 H3027 to give H5414 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine H7458 he shall redeem thee H6299 from death: H4194 and in war H4421 from the power H3027 of the sword. H2719
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - To deliver H5337 their soul H5315 from death, H4194 and to keep them alive H2421 in famine. H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - Moreover he called for H7121 a famine H7458 upon H5921 the land: H776 he brake H7665 the H4294 whole H3605 staff H4294 of bread. H3899
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore H3651 my people H5971 are gone into captivity, H1540 because H1097 they have no H1097 knowledge: H1847 and their honourable H3519 men H4962 are famished, H7458 and their multitude H1995 dried up H6704 with thirst. H6772
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And H7462 the firstborn H1060 of the poor H1800 shall feed, H7462 and the needy H34 shall lie down H7257 in safety: H983 and I will kill H4191 thy root H8328 with famine, H7458 and H7611 he shall slay H2026 thy remnant. H7611
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These H2007 two H8147 things are come unto thee; H7122 who H4310 shall be sorry H5110 for thee? desolation, H7701 and destruction, H7667 and the famine, H7458 and the sword: H2719 by whom H4310 shall I comfort thee? H5162
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have belied H3584 the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 It is not H3808 he; H1931 neither H3808 shall H935 evil H7451 come H935 upon us; H5921 neither H3808 shall we see H7200 sword H2719 nor famine: H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 Behold, I H2005 will punish H6485 them: H5921 the young men H970 shall die H4191 by the sword; H2719 their sons H1121 and their daughters H1323 shall die H4191 by famine: H7458
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When H3588 they fast, H6684 I H369 will H8085 not H369 hear H8085 their cry; H7440 and when H3588 they offer H5927 burnt offering H5930 and an oblation, H4503 I H369 will H7521 not H369 accept them: H7521 but H3588 I H595 will consume H3615 them H853 by the sword, H2719 and by the famine, H7458 and by the pestilence. H1698
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - Then said I, H559 Ah, H162 Lord H136 GOD! H3069 behold, H2009 the prophets H5030 say H559 unto them, Ye shall H7200 not H3808 see H7200 the sword, H2719 neither H3808 shall H1961 ye have H1961 famine; H7458 but H3588 I will give H5414 you assured H571 peace H7965 in H4725 this H2088 place. H4725
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 that prophesy H5012 in my name, H8034 and I H589 sent them H7971 not, H3808 yet they H1992 say, H559 Sword H2719 and famine H7458 shall H1961 not H3808 be H1961 in H776 this H2063 land; H776 By sword H2719 and famine H7458 shall H8552 those H1992 prophets H5030 be consumed. H8552
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people H5971 to whom H1992 they H1992 prophesy H5012 shall be H1961 cast out H7993 in the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 because H6440 of the famine H7458 and the sword; H2719 and H369 they shall have H6912 none H369 to bury H6912 them, H1992 them, H1992 their wives, H802 nor their sons, H1121 nor their daughters: H1323 for I will pour H8210 their wickedness H7451 upon them. H5921
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If H518 I go forth H3318 into the field, H7704 then behold H2009 the slain H2491 with the sword! H2719 and if H518 I enter H935 into the city, H5892 then behold H2009 them that are sick H8463 with famine! H7458 yea, H3588 both H1571 the prophet H5030 and H1571 the priest H3548 go about H5503 into H413 a land H776 that H3808 they know H3045 not. H3808
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And it shall come to pass, H1961 if H3588 they say H559 unto thee, H413 Whither H575 shall we go forth? H3318 then thou shalt tell H559 them, H413 Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD; H3068 Such as H834 are for death, H4194 to death; H4194 and such as H834 are for the sword, H2719 to the sword; H2719 and such as H834 are for the famine, H7458 to the famine; H7458 and such as H834 are for the captivity, H7628 to the captivity. H7628

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