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Lexicon :: Strong's H7458 - rāʿāḇ

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רָעָב
Transliteration
rāʿāḇ
Pronunciation
raw-awb'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
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TWOT Reference: 2183a

Strong’s Definitions

רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x

The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 101x
The KJV translates Strong's H7458 in the following manner: famine (87x), hunger (8x), dearth (5x), famished (1x).

  1. famine, hunger

    1. famine (in land, nation)

      1. of Jehovah's word (fig)

    2. hunger (of individuals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
רָעָב râʻâb, raw-awb'; from H7456; hunger (more or less extensive):—dearth, famine, famished, hunger.
STRONGS H7458: Abbreviations
רָעָב 101 noun masculineGenesis 26:1 famine, hunger; — absolute ר׳ Genesis 12:10 +; suffix רְעָבָם Nehemiah 9:15;
1. famine (in land, nation or city), Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 41:30, 31; Exodus 16:3; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:13 = 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 6:25 +; שְׁנֵי(הָ)ר׳ Genesis 41:27, 30, 36, שְׁנַת ר׳ Genesis 41:50, but also שָׁנִים ר׳ [שָׁלוֺשׁ] שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13 (on gender see AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 103) = 1 Chronicles 21:12; with חזק (be) severe Genesis 47:56; Genesis 47:57; 1 Kings 18:2; 1Ki 25:3= Jeremiah 52:6, חזק עַל Genesis 47:20; with כָּבֵד Genesis 12:10; Genesis 47:4, 13; גָּדוֺל 2 Kings 6:25; זַלְעֲפוֺת ר׳ Lamentations 5:10; מְזֵי ר׳ Deuteronomy 32:24 + Isaiah 5:13 (see [מָזֶה]), תַּחֲלוּאֵי ר׳ Jeremiah 14:18, חַלֲלֵי ר׳ Lamentations 5:10, אֲסֻפֵי ר׳ Ezekiel 34:29; חִצֵּי הָר׳ Ezekiel 5:16; as scourge of י׳ (+ חֶרֶב, דֶּבֶר, etc.; especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel), Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 21:7, 9; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 6:11, 12 +, etc.; figurative of lack of י׳'s word Amos 8:11.
2. hunger, of individual Jeremiah 32:9; Deuteronomy 28:48 (+ צָמָא, etc.), 2 Chronicles 32:11 (+ id.).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:10; 12:10; 12:10; 26:1; 26:1; 41:27; 41:30; 41:30; 41:31; 41:36; 41:50; 47:4; 47:13; 47:20

Exodus

16:3

Deuteronomy

28:48; 32:24

2 Samuel

21:1; 24:13; 24:13

1 Kings

18:2

2 Kings

4:38; 6:25; 6:25

1 Chronicles

21:12

2 Chronicles

32:11

Nehemiah

9:15

Isaiah

5:13

Jeremiah

5:12; 11:22; 14:12; 14:18; 21:7; 21:9; 32:9; 52:6

Lamentations

5:10; 5:10

Ezekiel

5:2; 5:16; 6:11; 6:12; 34:29

Amos

8:11

H7458

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7458 matches the Hebrew רָעָב (rāʿāḇ),
which occurs 101 times in 88 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:10–Jer 15:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:10 - And there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to sojourn there, because the famine prevailed in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there was a famine in the land, besides the former famine, which was in the time of Abraam; and Isaac went to Abimelech the king of the Phylistines to Gerara.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - And the seven thin kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven thin and blasted ears are seven years; there shall be seven years of famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of the famine that shall be after this, for it shall be very grievous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - And the stored food shall be for the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; and the land shall not be utterly destroyed by the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons, before the seven years of famine came, which Aseneth, the daughter of Petephres, priest of Heliopolis, bore to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - And the famine was on the face of all the earth; and Joseph opened all the granaries, and sold to all the Egyptians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - And all countries came to Egypt to buy of Joseph, for the famine prevailed in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - But the famine prevailed in the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - For this second year there is famine on the earth, and there are yet five years remaining, in which there is to be neither ploughing, nor mowing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - And I will nourish thee there: for the famine is yet for five years; lest thou be consumed, and thy sons, and all thy possessions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - And they said to Pharao, We are come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for the flocks of thy servants, for the famine has prevailed in the land of Chanaan; now then, [fn]we will dwell in the land of Gesem. And Pharao said to Joseph, Let them dwell in the land of Gesem; and if thou knowest that there are among them able men, make them overseers of my cattle. So Jacob and his sons came into Egypt, to Joseph; and Pharao, king of Egypt, heard of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And there was no corn in all the land, for the famine prevailed greatly; and the land of Egypt, and the land of Chanaan, fainted for the famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - And Joseph bought all the land of the Egyptians, for Pharao; for the Egyptians sold their land to Pharao; for the famine prevailed against them, and the land became Pharao's.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - And the children of Israel said to them, Would we had died smitten by the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh-pots, and ate bread to satiety! for ye have brought us out into this wilderness, to slay all this congregation with hunger.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - And thou shalt serve thine enemies, which the Lord will send forth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in the want of all things; and thou shalt wear upon thy neck a yoke of iron until he shall have destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - They shall be consumed with hunger and the devouring of birds, and there shall be irremediable [fn]destruction: I will send forth against them the teeth of wild beasts, with the rage of serpents creeping on the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it came to pass when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land: and a man went from Bethleem Juda to sojourn in the land of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David sought the face of the Lord. And the Lord said, There is [fn]guilt upon Saul and his house because of his [fn]bloody murder, whereby he slew the Gabaonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - And Gad went in to David, and told him, and said to him, Choose one of these things to befal thee, whether there shall come upon thee for three years famine in thy land; or that thou shouldest flee three months before thine enemies, and they should pursue thee; or that there should be for three days mortality in thy land. Now then decide, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - If there should be famine, if there should be death, because there should be blasting, locust, or if there be mildew, and if [fn]their enemy oppress them in any one of their cities, with regard to every [fn]calamity, every trouble,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - And Eliu went to appear before Achaab: and the famine was severe in Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisaie returned to Galgala: and a famine was in the land; and the sons of the prophets sat before him: and Elisaie said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was valued at fifty pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung at five pieces of silver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - If we should say, Let us go into the city, then there is famine in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit here, then we shall die. Now then come, and let us fall upon the camp of the Syrians: if they should take us alive, then we shall live; and if they should put us to death, then we shall only die.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - And Elisaie spoke to the woman, whose son he had [fn]restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thy house, and sojourn wherever thou mayest sojourn: for the Lord has called for a famine upon the land; indeed it is come upon the land for seven years.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - And the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either three years of famine, or that thou shouldest flee three months from the face of thine enemies, and the sword of thine enemies shall be employed to destroy thee, or that the sword of the Lord and pestilence should be three days in the land, and the angel of the Lord shall be destroying in all the inheritance of Israel. And now consider what I shall answer to him that sent the message.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - If there should be famine upon the land, if there should be death, a pestilent wind and blight; if there should be locust and caterpillar, and if the enemy should harass them before their cities: in whatever plague and whatever distress they may be;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is upon this house,) and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - Does not Ezekias deceive you, to deliver you to death and famine and thirst, saying, The Lord our God will deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - And some said, As to our fields and vineyards and houses, let us pledge them, and we will take corn, and eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - And thou gavest them bread from heaven for their food, and thou broughtest them forth water from a rock for their thirst; and thou badest them go in to inherit the land over which thou stretchedst out thy hand to give it them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine he shall deliver thee from death: and in war he shall free thee from the power of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - (LXX 32:19) to deliver their souls from death, and to keep them alive in famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - (LXX 104:16) Moreover he called for a famine upon the land; he broke the whole support of bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people have been taken captive, because they know not the Lord: and there has been a multitude of dead bodies, because of hunger and of thirst for water.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And the poor shall be fed by him, and poor men shall rest in peace: but he shall destroy thy seed with hunger, and shall destroy thy remnant.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - Wherefore these things are against thee; who shall sympathise with thee in thy grief? downfall, and destruction, famine, and sword: who shall comfort thee?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - have lied to their Lord, and they have said, These things are not so; no evils shall come upon us; and we shall not see sword or famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - behold, I will visit them: their young men shall die by the sword; and their sons and their daughters shall die of famine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - for though they fast, I will not hear their supplication; and though they offer whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices, I will take no pleasure in them: for I will consume them with sword, and with famine, and with pestilence.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - And I said, O ever living Lord! behold, their prophets prophesy, and say, Ye shall not see a sword, nor shall famine be among you; for I will give truth and peace on the land, and in this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning the prophets that prophesy lies in my name, and I sent them not, who say, Sword and famine shall not be upon this land; they shall die by a grievous death, and the prophets shall be consumed by famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they prophesy, they also shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem, because of the sword and famine; and there shall be none to bury them: their wives also, and their sons, and their daughters shall die thus; and I will pour out their wickedness upon them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I go forth into the plain, then behold the slain by the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold the distress of famine! for priest and prophet have gone to a land which they knew not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And it shall be, if they say to thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt say to them, Thus saith the Lord; As many as are for death, to death; and as many as are for famine, to famine; and as many as are for the sword, to the sword; and as many as are for captivity, to captivity.

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