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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 23 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He [fn]then became hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6 -

Blessed are those who hunger G3983 and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 -

At that [fn]time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples became hungry G3983 and began to pick the heads of grain and eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3 - But He said to them, “Have you not read what David did when he became hungry G3983, he and his companions,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18 -

Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - ‘For I was hungry G3983, and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you invited Me in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - “Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry G3983, and feed You, or thirsty, and give You something to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - for I was hungry G3983, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then they themselves also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry G3983, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not [fn]take care of You?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And He *said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was in need and he and his companions became hungry G3983;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 -

And on the next day, when they had left Bethany, He became hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 -

“HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY G3983 WITH GOOD THINGS,

And sent away the rich empty-handed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days, and when they had finished, He was hungry G3983.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - And Jesus answered and said to them, “Have you never read what David did when he was hungry G3983, he and those who were with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 -

Blessed are those who hunger G3983 now, for you shall be satisfied.

Blessed are those who cry now, for you shall laugh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 -

Woe to you who [fn]are well-fed now, for you shall be hungry G3983.

Woe to you who laugh now, for you shall mourn and cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 -

Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me will never hunger G3983, and he who believes in Me will never thirst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - “BUT IF YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY G3983, FEED HIM, AND IF HE IS THIRSTY, GIVE HIM A DRINK; FOR IN SO DOING YOU WILL HEAP BURNING COALS ON HIS HEAD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - To this present hour we hunger G3983 and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21 - for in your eating each one takes his own supper first, and one is hungry G3983 and another is drunk.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34 - If anyone is hungry G3983, let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment. The remaining matters I will direct when I come.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going G3983 hungry G3983, both of having abundance and suffering need.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - “THEY WILL HUNGER G3983 NO LONGER, NOR THIRST ANYMORE; NOR WILL THE SUN [fn]BEAT DOWN ON THEM, NOR ANY HEAT;
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