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Lexicon :: Strong's H7457 - rāʿēḇ

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רָעֵב
Transliteration
rāʿēḇ
Pronunciation
raw-abe'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2183b

Strong’s Definitions

רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; from H7456; hungry (more or less intensely):—hunger bitten, hungry.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x

The KJV translates Strong's H7457 in the following manner: hungry (21x), hungerbitten (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 22x
The KJV translates Strong's H7457 in the following manner: hungry (21x), hungerbitten (1x).
  1. hungry

    1. hungry

    2. hungry man (subst)

    3. of failing strength (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעֵב râʻêb, raw-abe'; from H7456; hungry (more or less intensely):—hunger bitten, hungry.
STRONGS H7457: Abbreviations
רָעֵב adjective hungry; — absolute ר׳ 2 Samuel 17:29 +; feminine singular רְעֵבָה Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; masculine plural רְעֵבִים 1 Samuel 2:5 +; — hungry (sometimes + צָמֵא, עָיֵף), 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 7:12; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 25:21; Psalm 107:5; נֶפֶשׁ רְעֵבָה Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; as substantive singular a hungry man Isaiah 29:8; Isaiah 32:6; Isaiah 58:7, 10; Ezekiel 18:7, 16; Job 5:5 (BevJPhil. xxvi. 304 proposes רָעָב, compare Ezekiel 7:15) Ezekiel 22:7, plural 1 Samuel 2:5 (opposed to שְׂבֵעִים בַּלֶּחֶם), Job 24:10 (|| עָרוֺם), Psalm 107:36; Psalm 146:7; יְהִירָֿעֵב אֹנוֺ Job 18:12 (figurative) his strength grows hungry, i.e. fails (Vulgate Ew Di and others); Syriac Version De Bu Du (reading אָוֶן) al. his trouble grows hungry (i.e. ravenous for him), but ר׳ never elsewhere in this sense.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

2:5; 2:5

2 Samuel

17:29; 17:29

2 Kings

7:12

Job

5:5; 18:12; 24:10

Psalms

107:5; 107:9; 107:9; 107:36; 146:7

Proverbs

25:21; 27:7; 27:7

Isaiah

8:21; 29:8; 32:6; 58:7; 58:10

Ezekiel

7:15; 18:7; 18:16; 22:7

H7457

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7457 matches the Hebrew רָעֵב (rāʿēḇ),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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 [woman] gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children withers away.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, cream, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and 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 got up in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry; so they have left 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.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 -

“The hungry devour his harvest

And take it even [when it grows] among the thorns;

The trap opens for [his] wealth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 -

“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,

And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“You have not given water to the weary to drink,

And you have withheld bread from the hungry.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 -

“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

Hungry and thirsty,

They fainted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 -

For He satisfies the parched throat,

And fills the hungry appetite with what is good.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 -

And there He has the hungry dwell,

So that they may establish an inhabited city,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 -

Who executes justice for the oppressed,

Who gives food to the hungry.

The LORD sets free the prisoners.

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;

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 -

He who is satisfied loathes honey,

But to the hungry soul any bitter thing is sweet.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They [who consult mediums and soothsayers] will pass through the land deeply distressed and hungry, and when they are hungry, they will become enraged and will curse their king and their God as they look upward.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 -

It will be as when a hungry man dreams

That he is eating,

But when he awakens, his [fn]hunger is not satisfied;

Or as when a thirsty man dreams

That he is drinking,

But when he awakens, in fact, he is faint

And his thirst is not quenched.

So will the multitude of all the nations be

Who fight against Mount Zion.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 -

For the fool speaks nonsense,

And his heart (mind) plans wickedness:

To practice ungodliness and to speak error concerning the LORD,

To keep the craving of the hungry unsatisfied

And to deprive the thirsty of drink.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 -

“Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry

And bring the homeless poor into the house;

When you see the naked, that you cover him,

And not to hide yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood?

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 -

And if you offer yourself to [assist] the hungry

And satisfy the [fn]need of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your gloom will become like midday.

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not oppress anyone, but restores 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 oppress anyone, or take anything in pledge, or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing,
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