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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - Then all the land of Egypt was famished, and the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:18 - how he met you along the way and attacked among you all the stragglers at your rear, but you were faint and weary; and he did not [fn]fear God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon and the 300 men who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, weary yet pursuing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are following me, for they are weary, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 -

“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry cease to hunger.

Even the barren gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children languishes.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,

And from the hungry you have withheld bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 -

“Those poor ones walk about naked without clothing,

And hungry ones carry the sheaves.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 -

Kaph

The young lions do lack and suffer hunger;

But they who inquire of Yahweh shall not be in want of any good thing.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 50:12 -

“If I were hungry I would not tell you,

For the world is Mine, as well as its fullness.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

Hungry [fn]and thirsty,

Their soul fainted within them.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 -

For He has satisfied the [fn]thirsty soul,

And the hungry soul He has filled with what is good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 -

And there He causes the hungry to inhabit,

So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 -

Who does justice for the oppressed;

Who gives food to the hungry.

Yahweh sets the prisoners free.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:8 -

The words of a whisperer are like dainty morsels,

And they go down into the [fn]innermost parts of the stomach.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 -

Laziness casts into a deep sleep,

And a slack-handed soul will suffer hunger.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 -

If [fn]your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;

And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:15 -

Like a roaring lion and a rushing bear

Is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:27 -

No one in it is weary or stumbles,

None slumbers or sleeps;

Nor is the belt at its waist undone,

Nor its sandal strap broken.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they will pass through [fn]the land hard-pressed and hungry, and it will be that when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse [fn]their king and their God as they face upward.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 -

[fn]They slice off what is on the right hand but still are hungry,

And [fn]they eat what is on the left hand but they are not satisfied;

Each of them eats the flesh of his own arm.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:12 -

He who said to them, “Here is rest, give rest to the weary,”

And, “Here is repose,” but they would not listen.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,

And his heart does wickedness:

To do ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,

In order to make the hungry person empty;

He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:28 -

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

The Everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth,

Does not become weary or tired.

His understanding is unsearchable.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:29 -

He gives power to the weary,

And to him who lacks vigor He increases might.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:30 -

Though youths grow weary and tired,

And choice young men stumble badly,

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:31 -

Yet those who hope in Yahweh

Will gain new power;

They will [fn]mount up with [fn]wings like eagles;

They will run and not get tired;

They will walk and not become weary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 -

The man crafts iron into a cutting tool and does his work over the coals, [fn]forming it with hammers and working it with his powerful arm. He also gets hungry and has no power; he drinks no water and becomes weary.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 46:2 -

They stooped over, they have bowed down together;

They could not rescue the load,

But [fn]have themselves gone into captivity.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 -

“They will not hunger or thirst,

Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down;

For He who has compassion on them will guide them

And will lead them to springs of water.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 -

“Is it not to divide your bread [fn]with the hungry

And bring the afflicted homeless into the house;

When you see the naked, you cover him;

And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

And if you [fn]offer your soul to the hungry

And satisfy the soul of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your thick darkness will become like midday.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 65:13 -

Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, My slaves will eat, but you will be hungry.

Behold, My slaves will drink, but you will be thirsty.

Behold, My slaves will be glad, but you will be put to shame.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:12 -

“They will come and sing for joy on the height of Zion,

And they will be radiant over the goodness of Yahweh

Over the grain and the new wine and the oil,

And over the young of the flock and the herd;

And their soul will be like a watered garden,

And they will never waste away again.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:25 - “For I satisfy the weary soul and fill up every soul who wastes away.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - saying, “No, but we will go to the land of Egypt, where we will not see war or hear the sound of a trumpet or hunger for bread, and we will stay there,”
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not mistreat anyone, but returns to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or mistreat anyone, or retain a pledge or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing;
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