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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 -

Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776; so Abram H87 went H3381 down H3381 to Egypt H4714 to live H1481 there H8033 for H1481 a H1481 time H1481, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 -

Now there was a famine H7458 in the land H776, besides H4480 H905 the previous H7223 famine H7458 that had occurred H1961 in the days H3117 of Abraham H85. So Isaac H3327 went H1980 to Gerar H1642, to Abimelech H40 king H4428 of the Philistines H6430.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - “The seven H7651 thin H7534 and ugly H7451 cows H6510 that came H5927 up H5927 after H310 them are seven H7651 years H8141, and the seven H7651 thin H7534 ears H7641 scorched H7710 by the east H6921 wind H6921 will be seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and after H310 them seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 will [fn]come H6965, and all H3605 the abundance H7647 will be forgotten H7911 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, and the famine H7458 will [fn]ravage H3615 the land H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - “So the abundance H7647 will be H3045 unknown H3045 H3808 in the land H776 because H4480 H6440 of that subsequent H310 famine H7458; for it will be very H3966 severe H3515.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - “Let the food H400 be used as a reserve H6487 for the land H776 for the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 which H834 will occur H1961 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, so that the land H776 will not perish H3772 during the famine H7458.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 -

Now before H2962 the year H8141 of famine H7458 came H935, two H8147 sons H1121 were born H3205 to Joseph H3130, whom H834 Asenath H621, the daughter H1323 of Potiphera H6319, priest H3548 of [fn]On H204, bore H3205 to him.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 began H2490 to come H935, just H834 as H834 Joseph H3130 had said H559, then there was famine H7458 in all H3605 the lands H776; but in all H3605 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 there was bread H3899.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - When the famine H7458 was spread over H5921 the entire H3605 face H6440 of the earth H776, then Joseph H3130 opened H6605 all H3605 [fn]the storehouses H834 and sold H7666 grain H7666 to the Egyptians H4714; and the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - Then the people of all H3605 the earth H776 came H935 to Egypt H4714 to buy H7666 grain H7666 from Joseph H3130, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H2388 in all H3605 the earth H776.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 came H935 to buy H7666 grain H7666 among H8432 those who were coming H935, because H3588 the famine H7458 was also in the land H776 of Canaan H3667.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 -

Now the famine H7458 was severe H3515 in the land H776.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - “For the famine H7458 has been in the land H776 these H2088 two years H8141, and there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 in which H834 there H369 will H369 be H369 neither H369 plowing H2758 nor H369 harvesting H7105.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - “There H8033 I will also provide H3557 for you, for there are still H5750 five H2568 years H8141 of famine H7458 to come, and you and your household H1004 and all H3605 that you have would be impoverished H3423.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - They also said H559 to Pharaoh H6547, “We have come H935 to reside H1481 in the land H776, for there H369 is H369 no H369 pasture H4829 for your servants’ H5650 flocks H6629, for the famine H7458 is severe H3515 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667. Now H6258, therefore, please H4994 let your servants H5650 live H3427 in the land H776 of Goshen H1657.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 -

Now there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]food H3899 in all H3605 the land H776, because H3588 the famine H7458 was very H3966 severe H3515, so that the land H776 of Egypt H4714 and the land H776 of Canaan H3667 languished H3856 because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 -

So Joseph H3130 bought H7069 all H3605 the land H127 of Egypt H4714 for Pharaoh H6547, for [fn]every H376 Egyptian H4714 sold H4376 his field H7704, because H3588 the famine H7458 was severe H2388 upon them. So the land H776 became H1961 Pharaoh’s H6547.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - The sons H1121 of Israel H3478 said H559 to them, “If H4310 H5414 only H4310 H5414 we had died H4191 by the LORD’S H3068 hand H3027 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714, when we sat H3427 by the pots H5518 of meat H1320, when we ate H398 bread H3899 until H7648 we were full H7648; for you have brought H3318 us out H3318 into this H2088 wilderness H4057 to kill H4191 this H2088 entire H3605 assembly H6951 with hunger H7458!”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - you will serve H5647 your enemies H340 whom H834 the LORD H3068 will send H7971 against you, in hunger H7458, thirst H6772, nakedness H5903, and devoid H2640 of all H3605 things; and He will put H5414 an iron H1270 yoke H5923 on your neck H6677 until H5704 He has destroyed H8045 you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 -

They will be wasted H4198 by famine H7458, and emaciated H3898 by [fn]plague H7565

And a bitter H4815 epidemic H6986;

And the teeth H8127 of beasts H929 I will send H7971 against them,

With the venom H2534 of crawling H2119 things H2119 of the dust H6083.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the days H3117 when the judges H8199 [fn]governed H8199, that there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. And a man H376 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063 went H1980 to reside H1481 in the land H7704 of Moab H4124 [fn]with his wife H802 and his two H8147 sons H1121.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 -

Now there was a famine H7458 in the days H3117 of David H1732 for three H7969 years H8141, year H8141 after H310 year H8141; and David H1732 sought H1245 the presence H6440 of the LORD H3068. And the LORD H3068 said H559, “It is because H413 of Saul H7586 and his bloody H1818 house H1004, because H5921 H834 he put H4191 the Gibeonites H1393 to H4191 death H4191.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - So Gad H1410 came H935 to David H1732 and told H5046 him, and said H559 to him, “Shall seven H7651 years H8141 of famine H7458 come H935 to you in your land H776? Or H518 will you flee H5127 for three H7969 months H2320 before H6440 your enemies H6862 while they pursue H7291 you? Or shall there be three H7969 days H3117 of plague H1698 in your land H776? Now H6258 consider H3045 and see H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall return H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 -

“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is [fn]blight H7711 or mildew H3420, locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemy H340 harasses H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061, whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - So Elijah H452 went H1980 to present H7200 himself to Ahab H256. Now the famine H7458 was severe H2389 in Samaria H8111.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 -

When Elisha H477 returned H7725 to Gilgal H1537, there was a famine H7458 in the land H776. [fn]As the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030 were sitting H3427 in front H6440 of him, he said H559 to his servant H5288, “Put H8239 on the large H1419 pot H5518 and boil H1310 stew H5138 for the sons H1121 of the prophets H5030.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - So there was a severe H1419 famine H7458 in Samaria H8111; and behold H2009, they kept besieging H6696 H5921 it until H5704 a donkey’s H2543 head H7218 was sold for eighty H8084 shekels of silver H3701, and a fourth H7255 of a [fn]kab H6894 of dove’s H3123 dung H1686 for five H2568 shekels of silver H3701.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - “If H518 we say H559, ‘We will enter H935 the city H5892,’ then the famine H7458 is in the city H5892 and we will die H4191 there H8033; but if H518 we sit H3427 here H6311, we will also die H4191. Now H6258 then come H1980, and let’s go H5307 over H5307 to the camp H4264 of the Arameans H758. If H518 they spare H2421 us, we will live H2421; and if H518 they kill H4191 us, then we will die H4191.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 -

Now Elisha H477 spoke H1696 to the woman H802 whose H834 son H1121 he had restored H2421 to H2421 life H2421, saying H559, “Arise H6965 and go H1980 [fn]with your household H1004, and live H1481 wherever H834 you can live H1481; for the LORD H3068 has called H7121 for a famine H7458, and it will indeed H1571 come H935 on the land H776 for seven H7651 years H8141.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - On the ninth H8672 day of the fourth month H2320 the famine H7458 was so severe H2388 in the city H5892 that there was no H3808 food H3899 for the people H5971 of the land H776.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - three H7969 years H8141 of famine H7458, or three H7969 months H2320 to be swept H5595 away H5595 before H4480 H6440 your foes H6862 while the sword H2719 of your enemies H340 overtakes H5381 you, or else three H7969 days H3117 of the sword H2719 of the LORD H3068: a plague H1698 in the land H776, and the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 destroying H7843 throughout H3605 the territory H1366 of Israel H3478.’ Now H6258, therefore, consider H7200 what H4100 answer H1697 I shall bring H7725 back H7725 to Him who sent H7971 me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 -

“If H3588 there is a famine H7458 in the land H776, if H3588 there is a plague H1698, if H3588 there is blight H7711 or mildew H3420, if H3588 there is locust H697 or grasshopper H2625, if H3588 their enemies H340 besiege H6887 them in the land H776 of their [fn]cities H8179, whatever H3605 plague H5061 or whatever H3605 sickness H4245 there is,

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - ‘If H518 disaster H7451 comes H935 upon us, the sword H2719, or judgment H8196, or plague H1698, or famine H7458, we will stand H5975 before H6440 this H2088 house H1004 and before H6440 You (for Your name H8034 is in this H2088 house H1004), and cry H2199 out H2199 to You in our distress H6869, and You will hear H8085 and save H3467 us.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - ‘Is Hezekiah H2396 not misleading H5496 you to give H5414 yourselves over H5414 to die H4191 by hunger H7458 and by thirst H6772, saying H559, “The LORD H3068 our God H430 will save H5337 us from the [fn]hand H3709 of the king H4428 of Assyria H804”?
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - And there H3426 were H3426 others who H834 said H559, “We are mortgaging H6148 our fields H7704, our vineyards H3754, and our houses H1004 so that we might get H3947 grain H1715 because of the famine H7458.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 -

“You provided H5414 bread H3899 from heaven H8064 for them for their hunger H7458,

You brought H3318 out H3318 water H4325 from a rock H5553 for them for their thirst H6772,

And You told H559 them to enter H935 in order to take H3423 possession H3423 of

The land H776 which H834 You [fn]swore H5375 H3027 to give H5414 them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 -

“In famine H7458 He will redeem H6299 you from death H4194,

And in war H4421, from the power H3027 of the sword H2719.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 -

To rescue H5337 their soul H5315 from death H4194

And to keep H2421 them alive H2421 in famine H7458.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 -

And He called H7121 for a famine H7458 upon the land H776;

He broke H7665 the whole H3605 staff H4294 of bread H3899.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 -

Therefore H3651 My people H5971 go H1540 into H1540 exile H1540 for their lack H1097 of knowledge H1847;

And their [fn]nobles H3519 are famished H7458,

And their multitude H1995 is parched H6704 with thirst H6772.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 -

[fn]Those who are most H1060 helpless H1800 will eat H7462,

And the poor H34 will lie H7257 down H7257 in security H983;

I will kill H4191 your root H8328 with famine H7458,

And it will kill H2026 your survivors H7611.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 -

These H2007 two H8147 things H8147 have happened H7122 to you;

Who H4310 will mourn H5110 for you?

The devastation H7701 and destruction H7667, famine H7458 and sword H2719;

How H4310 shall I comfort H5162 you?

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 -

They have lied H3584 about the LORD H3068

And said H559, “[fn]Not He;

Misfortune H7451 will not come H935 upon us,

Nor will we see H7200 sword H2719 or famine H7458.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - therefore H3651, this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 says H559: “Behold H2009, I am going to punish H6485 them! The young H970 men H970 will die H4191 by the sword H2719, their sons H1121 and daughters H1323 will die H4191 by famine H7458;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - “When H3588 they fast H6684, I am not going to listen H8085 to their cry H7440; and when H3588 they offer H5927 burnt H5930 offering H5930 and grain offering H4503, I am not going to accept H7521 them. Rather H3588, I am going to put H3615 an H3615 end H3615 to H3615 them by the sword H2719, famine H7458, and plague H1698.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 -

But I said H559, “Oh H162, Lord H136 [fn]GOD H3068! Behold H2009, the prophets H5030 are telling H559 them, ‘You will not see H7200 a sword H2719, nor H3808 will you have H1961 famine H7458; on H3588 the H3588 contrary H3588, I will give H5414 you lasting H571 peace H7965 in this H2088 place H4725.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - “Therefore H3651 this H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559 concerning H5921 the prophets H5030 who are prophesying H5012 in My name H8034, although it was not I who sent H7971 them—yet they keep saying H559: ‘There will be no H3808 sword H2719 or famine H7458 in this H2088 land H776’—by sword H2719 and famine H7458 those H1992 prophets H5030 shall meet H8552 their end H8552!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - “And the people H5971 to whom H834 they are prophesying H5012 will be thrown H7993 out H7993 into the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 because H4480 H6440 of the famine H7458 and the sword H2719; and there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 one H369 to bury H6912 them—neither them, nor their wives H802, nor H369 their sons H1121, nor H369 their daughters H1323. For I will pour H8210 out H8210 their own wickedness H7451 upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 -

‘If H518 I go H3318 out H3318 to the country H7704,

There H2009 are those killed H2491 by the sword H2719!

Or if H518 I enter H935 the city H5892,

There H2009 are diseases H8463 from famine H7458!

For both H1571 prophet H5030 and priest H3548

Have wandered H5503 around H5503 in the land H776 that they do not know H3045.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - “And it shall be that when H3588 they say H559 to you, ‘Where H575 should we go H3318?’ then you are to tell H559 them, ‘This H3541 is H3541 what H3541 the LORD H3068 says H559:

“Those destined for death H4194, to death H4194;

And those destined for the sword H2719, to the sword H2719;

And those destined for famine H7458, to famine H7458;

And those destined for captivity H7628, to captivity H7628.”’


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