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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.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - They that were full of bread are brought low; and the hungry have forsaken the land; for the barren has born seven, and she that abounded in children has waxed feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - and honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheeses of kine: and they brought them to David and to his people with him to eat; for one said, The people is faint and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose up by night, and said to his servants, I will now tell you what [fn]the Syrians have done to us. They knew that we are hungry; and they have gone forth from the camp and hidden themselves in the field, saying, They will come out of the city, and we shall catch them alive, and go into the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - Neither hast thou given water to the thirsty to drink, but hast taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - And they have wrongfully caused others to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - (LXX 106:5) Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - (LXX 106:9) For he satisfies the empty soul, and fills the hungry soul with good things,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - (LXX 106:36) And there he causes the hungry to dwell, and they establish for themselves cities of habitation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - (LXX 145:7) who executes judgment for the wronged: who gives food to the hungry. The Lord looses the fettered ones:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - A full soul scorns honeycombs; but to a hungry soul even bitter things appear sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And famine shall come sorely upon you, and it shall come to pass, that when ye shall be hungry, ye shall be grieved, and ye shall speak ill of the prince and your fathers' ordinances: and they shall look up to heaven above,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - And as men drink and eat in sleep, and when they have arisen, the dream is vain: and as a thirsty man dreams as if he drank, and having arisen is still thirsty, and his soul has desired in vain: so shall be the wealth of all the nations, as many as have fought against the mount Sion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Break thy bread to the hungry, and lead the unsheltered poor to thy house: if thou seest one naked, clothe him, and thou shalt not disregard the relations of thine own seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - and if thou give bread to the hungry from thy heart, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light spring up in darkness, and thy darkness shall be as noon-day:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - and shall not oppress any man, but shall return the pledge of the debtor, and shall be guilty of no plunder, shall give his bread to the hungry, and clothe the naked;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - and has not oppressed a man, and has not retained the pledge, nor committed robbery, has given his bread to the hungry, and has clothed the naked,
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