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Lexicon :: Strong's H7458 - rāʿāḇ

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רָעָב

Transliteration

rāʿāḇ

Pronunciation

raw-awb'

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Part of Speech

masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From רָעֵב (H7456)

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2183a

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H7458: Abbreviations

רָעָב ₁₀₁ noun masculine^{Genesis 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 Albr^{ZAW 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

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Isaiah

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

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Strong's Number H7458 matches the Hebrew רָעָב (rāʿāḇ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in '2Ch' in the WLC Hebrew.

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2Ch 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:

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2Ch 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

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2Ch 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

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