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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
Root Word (Etymology)
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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 is a famine in the land, and Abram goeth down towards Egypt to sojourn there, for the famine is grievous in the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:1 - And there is a famine in the land, besides the first famine which was in the days of Abraham, and Isaac goeth unto Abimelech king of the Philistines, to Gerar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:27 - and the seven thin and bad kine which are coming up after them are seven years, and the seven empty ears, blasted with an east wind, are seven years of famine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:30 - and seven years of famine have arisen after them, and all the plenty is forgotten in the land of Egypt, and the famine hath finished the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:31 - and the plenty is not known in the land because of that famine afterwards, for it is very grievous.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:36 - and the food hath been for a store for the land, for the seven years of famine which are in the land of Egypt; and the land is cut off by the famine.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:50 - And to Joseph were born two sons before the year of famine cometh, whom Asenath daughter of Poti-Pherah, priest of On, hath borne to him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:54

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:54 - and the seven years of famine begin to come, as Joseph said, and famine is in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt hath been bread;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:56

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:56 - And the famine has been over all the face of the land, and Joseph openeth all places which have corn in them, and selleth to the Egyptians; and the famine is severe in the land of Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 41:57

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:57 - and all the earth hath come to Egypt, to buy, unto Joseph, for the famine was severe in all the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:5 - And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:1 - And the famine is severe in the land;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:6 - 'Because these two years the famine is in the heart of the land, and yet are five years, in which there is neither ploughing nor harvest;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 45:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 45:11 - and I have nourished thee there -- for yet are five years of famine -- lest thou become poor, thou and thy household, and all that thou hast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:4 - and they say unto Pharaoh, 'To sojourn in the land we have come, for there is no pasture for the flock which thy servants have, for grievous is the famine in the land of Canaan; and now, let thy servants, we pray thee, dwell in the land of Goshen.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:13 - And there is no bread in all the land, for the famine is very grievous, and the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan are feeble because of the famine;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:20 - And Joseph buyeth all the ground of Egypt for Pharaoh, for the Egyptians have sold each his field, for the famine hath been severe upon them, and the land becometh Pharaoh's;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:3 - and the sons of Israel say unto them, 'Oh that we had died by the hand of Jehovah in the land of Egypt, in our sitting by the flesh-pot, in our eating bread to satiety -- for ye have brought us out unto this wilderness to put all this assembly to death with hunger.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 28:48

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - thou hast served thine enemies, whom Jehovah sendeth against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and he hath put a yoke of iron on thy neck, till He hath destroyed thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 32:24

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:24 - Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 1:1 - And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:1 - And there is a famine in the days of David three years, year after year, and David seeketh the face of Jehovah, and Jehovah saith, 'For Saul and for the bloody house, because that he put to death the Gibeonites.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:13 - And Gad cometh in unto David, and declareth to him, and saith to him, 'Do seven years of famine come in to thee in thy land? or three months art thou fleeing before thine adversary -- and he pursuing thee? or are three days' pestilence in thy land? now, know and see what word I take back to Him sending me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:37 - 'Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -- when it is; when its enemy hath distressed it in the land in its gates, any plague, any sickness, --

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:2 - and Elijah goeth to appear unto Ahab. And the famine is severe in Samaria,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha hath turned back to Gilgal, and the famine is in the land, and the sons of the prophets are sitting before him, and he saith to his young man, 'Set on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 6:25 - and there is a great famine in Samaria, and lo, they are laying siege to it, till the head of an ass is at eighty silverlings, and a forth of the cab of dovesdung at five silverlings.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 7:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:4 - if we have said, We go in to the city, then the famine is in the city, and we have died there; and if we have sat here, then we have died; and now, come and we fall unto the camp of Aram; if they keep us alive, we live, and if they put us to death -- we have died.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 8:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:1 - And Elisha spake unto the woman whose son he had revived, saying, 'Rise and go, thou and thy household, and sojourn where thou dost sojourn, for Jehovah hath called for a famine, and also, it is coming unto the land seven years.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:3 - on the ninth of the month -- when the famine is severe in the city, and there hath not been bread for the people of the land,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 21:12 - either for three years -- famine, or three months to be consumed from the face of thine adversaries, even the sword of thine enemies to overtake, or three days the sword of Jehovah, even pestilence in the land, and a messenger of Jehovah destroying in all the border of Israel; and now, see; what word do I return to Him who is sending me?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:28 - 'Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land -- its gates, any plague and any sickness;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:9 - If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name is in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 32:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 32:11 - 'Is not Hezekiah persuading you, to give you up to die by famine, and by thirst, saying, Jehovah our God doth deliver us from the hand of the king of Asshur?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:3 - And there are who are saying, 'Our fields, and our vineyards, and our houses, we are pledging, and we receive corn for the famine.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:15 - and bread from the heavens Thou hast given to them for their hunger, and water from a rock hast brought out to them for their thirst, and dost say to them to go in to possess the land that Thou hast lifted up Thy hand to give to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:20 - In famine He hath redeemed thee from death, And in battle from the hands of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 33:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 33:19 - To deliver from death their soul, And to keep them alive in famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:16 - And He calleth a famine on the land, The whole staff of bread He hath broken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:13 - Therefore my people removed without knowledge, And its honourable ones are famished, And its multitude dried up of thirst.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 14:30

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:30 - And delighted have the first-born of the poor, And the needy in confidence lie down, And I have put to death with famine thy root, And thy remnant it slayeth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:19

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:19 - These two are meeting thee, who is moved for thee? Spoiling and destruction -- Famine and sword, who -- I comfort thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:12 - They have lied against Jehovah, And they say, 'It is not He, Nor come in against us doth evil, Yea, sword and famine we do not see.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:22 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah of Hosts: 'Lo, I am seeing after them, The chosen ones die by sword, Their sons and their daughters die by famine,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:12 - When they fast, I hearken not unto their cry, And when they cause to ascend burnt-offering and present, I accept them not, For by sword, and by famine, And by pestilence, I am consuming them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:13 - And I say, 'Ah, Lord Jehovah, Lo, the prophets are saying to them: Ye do not see a sword, yea, famine is not to you, For true peace I give to you in this place.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:15 - Therefore, thus said Jehovah concerning the prophets who are prophesying in My name, and I have not sent them, and they are saying, Sword and famine is not in this land: By sword and by famine are these prophets consumed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:16 - And the people to whom they are prophesying, Are cast into out-places of Jerusalem, Because of the famine, and of the sword, And they have none burying them, Them, their wives, and their sons, and their daughters, And I have poured out upon them this evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 14:18 - If I have gone forth to the field, Then, lo, the pierced of the sword! And if I have entered the city, Then, lo, the diseased of famine! For both prophet and priest have gone up and down Unto a land that they knew not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 15:2 - And it hath come to pass, when they say to thee, Whither do we go out? that thou hast said unto them, Thus said Jehovah: Those who are for death -- to death, And those who are for the sword, to the sword, And those who are for famine, to famine, And those who are for captivity, to captivity.

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