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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 Box 1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey and curds and sheep and cheese from the herd, for David and the people with him to eat, for they said, “The people are hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - And the king rose in the night and said to his servants, “I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we are hungry. Therefore they have gone out of 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.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - The hungry eat his harvest,
and he takes it even out of thorns,[fn]
and the thirsty pant[fn] after his[fn] wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - His strength is famished,
and calamity is ready for his stumbling.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You have given no water to the weary to drink,
and you have withheld bread from the hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 - They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - hungry and thirsty,
their soul fainted within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For he satisfies the longing soul,
and the hungry soul he fills with good things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - And there he lets the hungry dwell,
and they establish a city to live in;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - who executes justice for the oppressed,
who gives food to the hungry.
The LORD sets the prisoners free;

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

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,

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 - One who is full loathes honey,
but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass through the land,[fn] greatly distressed and hungry. And when they are hungry, they will be enraged and will speak contemptuously against[fn] their king and their God, and turn their faces upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - As when a hungry man dreams, and behold, he is eating,
and awakes with his hunger not satisfied,
or as when a thirsty man dreams, and behold, he is drinking,
and awakes faint, with his thirst not quenched,
so shall the multitude of all the nations be
that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool speaks folly,
and his heart is busy with iniquity,
to practice ungodliness,
to utter error concerning the LORD,
to leave the craving of the hungry unsatisfied,
and to deprive the thirsty of drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - if you pour yourself out for the hungry
and satisfy the desire of the afflicted,
then shall your light rise in the darkness
and your gloom be as the noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - does not oppress anyone, but restores to the debtor his pledge, commits no robbery, gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - does not oppress anyone, exacts no pledge, commits no robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with a garment,
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