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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 are well-fed hire themselves out to earn food, but the hungry no longer lack. Even the barren woman gives birth to seven, but the one with many children withers away.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:29 - honey, curds, flocks, and cheese. For they said, "The people are no doubt hungry, tired, and thirsty there in the desert."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:12 - The king got up in the night and said to his advisers, "I will tell you what the Syrians have done to us. They know we are starving, so they left the camp and hid in the field, thinking, 'When they come out of the city, we will capture them alive and enter the city.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:5 - The hungry eat up his harvest, and take it even from behind the thorns, and the thirsty swallow up their fortune.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:7 - You gave the weary no water to drink and from the hungry you withheld food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 24:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:5 - They were hungry and thirsty; they fainted from exhaustion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:9 - For he has satisfied those who thirst, and those who hunger he has filled with food.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:36 - He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:7 - vindicates the oppressed, and gives food to the hungry. The LORD releases the imprisoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 25:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:21 - If your enemy is hungry, give him food 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 - The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 8:21 - They will pass through the land destitute and starving. Their hunger will make them angry, and they will curse their king and their God as they look upward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:8 - It will be like a hungry man dreaming that he is eating, only to awaken and find that his stomach is empty. It will be like a thirsty man dreaming that he is drinking, only to awaken and find that he is still weak and his thirst unquenched. So it will be for the horde from all the nations that fight against Mount Zion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:7 - I want you to share your food with the hungry and to provide shelter for homeless, oppressed people. When you see someone naked, clothe him! Don't turn your back on your own flesh and blood!

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:10 - You must actively help the hungry and feed the oppressed. Then your light will dispel the darkness, and your darkness will be transformed into noonday.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:7 - does not oppress anyone, but gives the debtor back whatever was given in pledge, does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and clothes the naked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 18:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 18:16 - does not oppress anyone or keep what has been given in pledge, does not commit robbery, gives his food to the hungry, and clothes the naked,
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