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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).
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 having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he did hunger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:6 - 'Happy those hungering and thirsting for righteousness -- because they shall be filled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:1 - At that time did Jesus go on the sabbaths through the corn, and his disciples were hungry, and they began to pluck ears, and to eat,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:3 - And he said to them, 'Did ye not read what David did, when he was hungry, himself and those with him --

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:18 - and in the morning turning back to the city, he hungered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:35 - for I did hunger, and ye gave me to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye received me;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:37

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:37 - 'Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, and we nourished? or thirsting, and we gave to drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:42 - for I did hunger, and ye gave me not to eat; I did thirst, and ye gave me not to drink;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - 'Then shall they answer, they also, saying, Lord, when did we see thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or infirm, or in prison, and we did not minister to thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 2:25

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:25 - And he said to them, 'Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, he and those with him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:12 - And on the morrow, they having come forth from Bethany, he hungered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:53

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:53 - The hungry He did fill with good, And the rich He sent away empty,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:2 - forty days being tempted by the Devil, and he did not eat anything in those days, and they having been ended, he afterward hungered,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - And Jesus answering said unto them, 'Did ye not read even this that David did, when he hungered, himself and those who are with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:21 - 'Happy those hungering now -- because ye shall be filled. 'Happy those weeping now -- because ye shall laugh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:25 - 'Wo to you who have been filled -- because ye shall hunger. 'Wo to you who are laughing now -- because ye shall mourn and weep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:35 - And Jesus said to them, 'I am the bread of the life; he who is coming unto me may not hunger, and he who is believing in me may not thirst -- at any time;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 12:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 12:20 - I will recompense again, saith the Lord;' if, then, thine enemy doth hunger, feed him; if he doth thirst, give him drink; for this doing, coals of fire thou shalt heap upon his head;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:11 - unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:21 - for each his own supper doth take before in the eating, and one is hungry, and another is drunk;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:34 - and if any one is hungry, at home let him eat, that to judgment ye may not come together; and the rest, whenever I may come, I shall arrange.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I have known both to be abased, and I have known to abound; in everything and in all things I have been initiated, both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 7:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:16 - they shall not hunger any more, nor may the sun fall upon them, nor any heat,
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