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Lexicon :: Strong's G3983 - peinaō

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πεινάω
Transliteration
peinaō (Key)
Pronunciation
pi-nah'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as πένης (G3993) (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:12,820

Strong’s Definitions

πεινάω peináō, pi-nah'-o; from the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave:—be an hungered.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x

The KJV translates Strong's G3983 in the following manner: hunger (10x), be an hungred (9x), be hungry (3x), hungry (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 23x
The KJV translates Strong's G3983 in the following manner: hunger (10x), be an hungred (9x), be hungry (3x), hungry (1x).

  1. to hunger, be hungry

    1. to suffer want

    2. to be needy

  2. metaph. to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πεινάω peináō, pi-nah'-o; from the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave:—be an hungered.
STRONGS G3983:
πεινάω, πείνω, infinitive πεινᾶν (Philippians 4:12); future πεινάσω (Luke 6:25; Revelation 7:16); 1 aorist ἐπείνασα — for the earlier forms πεινην, πεινήσω, ἐπείνησα; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 61 and 204; Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; (Buttmann, 37 (32); 44 (38)); see also διψάω; (from πεινᾷ hunger; (see πένης)); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעֵב; to hunger, be hungry;
a. properly: Matthew 4:2; Matthew 12:1, 3; Matthew 21:18; Matthew 25:35, 37, 42, 44; Mark 2:25; Mark 11:12; Luke 4:2; Luke 6:3, 25; equivalent to to suffer want, Romans 12:20; 1 Corinthians 11:21, 34; to be needy, Luke 1:53; Luke 6:21; Philippians 4:12; in this same sense it is joined with δίψαν, 1 Corinthians 4:11; in figurative discourse, οὐ πεινᾶν καί οὐ δίψαν is used to describe the condition of one who is in need of nothing requisite for his real (spiritual) life and salvation, John 6:35; Revelation 7:16.
b. metaphorically, to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire: with the accusative of the thing, τήν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 5:6 (in the better Greek authors with a genitive as χρημάτων, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 39; συμμαχων, 7, 5, 50; ἐπαινου, oec. 13, 9; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10, b. at the end; (Buttmann, § 131, 4); Kuinoel on Matthew 5:6, and see διψάω, 2).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:2; 5:6; 5:6; 12:1; 12:3; 21:18; 25:35; 25:37; 25:42; 25:44
Mark
2:25; 11:12
Luke
1:53; 4:2; 6:3; 6:21; 6:25; 6:25
John
6:35
Romans
12:20
1 Corinthians
4:11; 11:21; 11:34
Philippians
4:12; 4:12
Revelation
7:16; 7:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3983 matches the Greek πεινάω (peinaō),
which occurs 39 times in 39 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - And all the land of Egypt was hungry; and the people cried to Pharao for bread. And Pharao said to all the Egyptians, Go to Joseph, and do whatsoever he shall tell you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he withstood thee in the way, and harassed thy rear, even those that were weary behind thee, and thou didst hunger and wast weary; and he did not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And Gedeon came to Jordan, and went over, himself and the three hundred with him, hungry, yet pursuing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Socchoth, Give, I pray you, bread to feed this people that follow me; because they are faint, and behold, I am following after Zebee and Salmana, kings of Madiam.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what [fn]the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - And they have wrongfully caused others to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - (LXX 33:11) The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - (LXX 49:12) If I should be hungry, I will not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - (LXX 106:5) Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - (LXX 106:9) For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - (LXX 106:36) And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - (LXX 145:7) who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - Fear casts down the slothful; and the souls of the effeminate shall hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - [fn]Cowardice possesses the effeminate man; and the soul of the sluggard shall hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - A hungry lion and a thirsty wolf is he, who, being poor, rules over a poor nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - They shall not hunger nor be weary, neither shall they slumber nor sleep; neither shall they loose their girdles from their loins, neither shall their shoe-latchets be broken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - (LXX 9:19) But one shall turn aside to the right hand, for he shall be hungry; and shall eat on the left, and a man shall by no means be satisfied with eating the flesh of his own arm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - This is the rest to him that is hungry, and this is the calamity: but they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - And now, hast thou not known? hast thou not heard? the eternal God, the God that formed the ends of the earth, shall not hunger, nor be weary, and there is no searching of his understanding.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 - He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - For the young men shall hunger, and the youths shall be weary, and the choice men shall be powerless:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they that wait on God shall renew their strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - For the artificer sharpens the iron; he fashions the idol with an axe, and fixes it with an awl, and fashions it with the strength of his arm: and he will be hungry and weak, and will drink no water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - who will not be able to save themselves from war, but they themselves are led away captive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - [fn] They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort them, and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus saith the Lord, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall hunger: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall thirst: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - (LXX 38:12) And they shall come, and shall rejoice in the mount of Sion, and shall come to the good things of the Lord, even to a land of corn, and wine, and fruits, and cattle, and sheep: and their soul shall be as a fruitful tree; and they shall hunger no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - (LXX 38:25) For I have saturated every thirsting soul, and filled every hungry soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - (LXX 49:14) for we will go into the land of Egypt, and we shall see no war, and shall not hear the sound of a trumpet, and we shall not hunger for bread; and there we will dwell:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,
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