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Lexicon :: Strong's H7456 - rāʿēḇ

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רָעֵב
Transliteration
rāʿēḇ
Pronunciation
raw-abe'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2183

Strong’s Definitions

רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; a primitive root; to hunger:—(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H7456 in the following manner: ..hunger (5x), hungry (4x), suffer famish (1x), famished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H7456 in the following manner: ..hunger (5x), hungry (4x), suffer famish (1x), famished (1x).

  1. to be hungry, be voracious

    1. (Qal) to be hungry

    2. (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; a primitive root; to hunger:—(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
STRONGS H7456: Abbreviations
† רָעֵב verb be hungry (Late Hebrew id. Hiph. and derivatives; Assyrian rûbatu, hunger; Arabic bdb094405 be roomy, voracious, bdb094406 desire vehemently; Ethiopic bdb094407 be hungry); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine plural ר׳ Isaiah 9:19; Isaiah 44:12; 3rd person plural רָעֵ֑בוּ Psalm 34:11; Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יִרְעַב Isaiah 8:21, 1st person plural נִרְעַב Jeremiah 42:14, etc.; — be hungry Isaiah 8:21; Genesis 41:55 (E; of land, = have famine), Jeremiah 42:14 (לַלֶּחֶם), Isaiah 49:10 (|| צמא), Isaiah 65:13 (|| id.; opposed to אכל), Psalm 50:12 if I should be hungry (of י׳), Proverbs 6:30; Proverbs 19:15.
Hiph. allow one to hunger, subject י׳ : Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural וַיַּרְעִבֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 8:3 (opposed to וַיַּאֲִֽֽֽכלְךָ), יַרְעִיב נֶפֶשׁ Proverbs 10:3.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:55

Deuteronomy

8:3

Psalms

34:11; 50:12

Proverbs

6:30; 10:3; 19:15

Isaiah

8:21; 8:21; 9:19; 44:12; 49:10; 65:13

Jeremiah

42:14; 42:14

H7456

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7456 matches the Hebrew רָעֵב (rāʿēḇ),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:55

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:55 - When all the land of Mitzrayim was famished, the people cried to Par`oh for bread, and Par`oh said to all the Mitzrim, "Go to Yosef. What he says to you, do."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:3 - He humbled you, and allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna, which you didn't know, neither did your fathers know; that he might make you know that man does not live by bread only, but by everything that proceeds out of the mouth of the LORD does man live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any 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 is mine, and all that is in it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 6:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:30 - Men don't despise a thief, If he steals to satisfy himself when he is hungry:

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:3 - The LORD will not allow the soul of the righteous to go hungry, But he thrusts away the desire of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:15 - Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep. The idle soul shall suffer hunger.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They shall pass through it, sore distressed and hungry; and it shall happen that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse by their king and by their God, and turn their faces upward:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 9:20 - One shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 44:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The smith makes an axe, and works in the coals, and fashions it with hammers, and works it with his strong arm: yes, he is hungry, and his strength fails; he drinks no water, and is faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 49:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 49:10 - They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun strike them: for he who has mercy on them will lead them, even by springs of water will he guide them.

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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 disappointed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 42:14 - saying, No; but we will go into the land of Mitzrayim, where we shall see no war, nor hear the sound of the shofar, nor have hunger of bread; and there will we dwell:
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