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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

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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

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“Those who were full hire themselves out for bread,

But those who were hungry H7457 cease to hunger.

Even the barren gives birth to seven,

But she who has many children languishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, curds, sheep, and cheese of the herd, for David and for the people who were with him, to eat; for they said, “The people are hungry H7457 and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - Then the king arose in the night and said to his servants, “I will now tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know that we are hungry H7457; therefore they have gone from the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, ‘When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and get into the city.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 -

“[fn]His harvest the hungry H7457 devour

And take it to a place of thorns,

And the [fn]schemer pants after their wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:12

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“His vigor is famished H7457,

And disaster is ready at his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 -

“To the weary you have given no water to drink,

And from the hungry H7457 you have withheld bread.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:10 -

“Those poor ones walk about naked without clothing,

And hungry H7457 ones carry the sheaves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 -

Hungry H7457 [fn]and thirsty,

Their soul fainted within them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 -

For He has satisfied the [fn]thirsty soul,

And the hungry H7457 soul He has filled with what is good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 -

And there He causes the hungry H7457 to inhabit,

So that they may establish an inhabited city,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 -

Who does justice for the oppressed;

Who gives food to the hungry H7457.

Yahweh sets the prisoners free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 -

If [fn]your enemy is hungry H7457, give him food to eat;

And if he is thirsty, give him water to drink;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:7 -

A satisfied soul tramples the honeycomb,

But to a hungry H7457 soul any bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - And they will pass through [fn]the land hard-pressed and hungry H7457, and it will be that when they are hungry, they will be angry and curse [fn]their king and their God as they face upward.

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And it will be as when a hungry H7457 man H7457 dreams—

And behold, he is eating;

But he awakens, and his soul is empty,

Or as when a thirsty man dreams—

And behold, he is drinking,

But he awakens, and behold, he is faint,

And his soul is not quenched.

Thus the multitude of all the nations will be

Who wage war against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

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For a wicked fool speaks wicked folly,

And his heart does wickedness:

To do ungodliness and to speak error against Yahweh,

In order to make the hungry H7457 person empty;

He even causes the thirsty to lack a drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:7

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“Is it not to divide your bread [fn]with the hungry H7457

And bring the afflicted homeless into the house;

When you see the naked, you cover him;

And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

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And if you [fn]offer your soul to the hungry H7457

And satisfy the soul of the afflicted,

Then your light will rise in darkness

And your thick darkness will become like midday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - if a man does not mistreat anyone, but returns to the debtor his pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry H7457 and covers the naked with clothing,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - or mistreat anyone, or retain a pledge or commit robbery, but he gives his bread to the hungry H7457 and covers the naked with clothing;
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