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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")
Dictionary Aids

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).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Gen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - When all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread. Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph. What he says to you, do.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 - And Gideon came to the Jordan and crossed over, he and the 300 men who were with him, exhausted yet pursuing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - So he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who follow me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the open country, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we shall take them alive and get into the city.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions suffer want and hunger;
but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 50:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 - “If I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and its fullness are mine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 18:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 - The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into the inner parts of the body.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep,
and an idle person will suffer hunger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat,
and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 - Like a roaring lion or a charging bear
is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:27

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 - None is weary, none stumbles,
none slumbers or sleeps,
not a waistband is loose,
not a sandal strap broken;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass through the land,[fn] greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against[fn] their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - They slice meat on the right, but are still hungry,
and they devour on the left, but are not satisfied;
each devours the flesh of his own arm,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 - to whom he has said,
“This is rest;
give rest to the weary;
and this is repose”;
yet they would not hear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the LORD,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 - Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The LORD is the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
his understanding is unsearchable.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:29

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 - He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 - Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 - but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The ironsmith takes a cutting tool and works it over the coals. He fashions it with hammers and works it with his strong arm. He becomes hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 46:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 - They stoop; they bow down together;
they cannot save the burden,
but themselves go into captivity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - they shall not hunger or thirst,
neither scorching wind nor sun shall strike them,
for he who has pity on them will lead them,
and by springs of water will guide them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 65:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 - Therefore thus says the Lord GOD:
“Behold, my servants shall eat,
but you shall be hungry;
behold, my servants shall drink,
but you shall be thirsty;
behold, my servants shall rejoice,
but you shall be put to shame;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 - They shall come and sing aloud on the height of Zion,
and they shall be radiant over the goodness of the LORD,
over the grain, the wine, and the oil,
and over the young of the flock and the herd;
their life shall be like a watered garden,
and they shall languish no more.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - For I will satisfy the weary soul, and every languishing soul I will replenish.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - and saying, ‘No, we will go to the land of Egypt, where we shall not see war or hear the sound of the trumpet or be hungry for bread, and we will dwell there,’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
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