רָעֵב

hebrewOld TestamentAdjective20 occurrences8 books20 verses

Definition

from H7456; hungry (more or less intensely)
Traditional renderings: hunger bitten, hungry.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders רָעֵב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

20 total
  1. 1 Samuel 2:5וּרְעֵבִ֖ים · but the starving
    The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.
  2. 2 Samuel 17:29רָעֵ֛ב · have become hungry
    …honey, curds, sheep, and cheese from the herd for David and his people to eat. For they said, “The people have become hungry, exhausted, and thirsty in the wilderness.”
  3. 2 Kings 7:12רְעֵבִ֣ים · are starving
    So the king got up in the night and said to his servants, “Let me tell you what the Arameans have done to us. They know we are starving, so they have left the camp to hide in the field, thinking, ‘When they come out of the city, we will take them alive and enter the city.’”
  4. Job 5:5רָ֘עֵ֤ב · The hungry
    The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
  5. Job 18:12רָעֵ֥ב · depleted
    His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
  6. Job 22:7וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב · from the famished
    You gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,
  7. Job 24:10וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים · but still go hungry
    Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
  8. Psalm 107:5רְעֵבִ֥ים · They were hungry
    They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.
  9. Psalm 107:9רְ֝עֵבָה · the hungry
    For He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.
  10. Psalm 107:36רְעֵבִ֑ים · He causes the hungry
    He causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.
  11. Psalm 146:7לָרְעֵבִ֑ים · to the hungry
    He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,
  12. Proverbs 25:21רָעֵ֣ב · is hungry
    If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
  13. Proverbs 27:7רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה · but to a hungry
    The soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.
  14. Isaiah 8:21וְרָעֵ֑ב · and hungry
    They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
  15. Isaiah 29:8הָרָעֵ֜ב · a hungry man
    …as when a hungry man dreams he is eating, then awakens still hungry; as when a thirsty man dreams he is drinking, then awakens faint and parched. So will it be for all the many nations who go to battle against Mount Zion.
  16. Isaiah 32:6רָעֵ֔ב
    For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
  17. Isaiah 58:7לָֽרָעֵב֙ · with the hungry
    Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?
  18. Isaiah 58:10לָֽרָעֵב֙ · to the hungry
    …and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.
  19. Ezekiel 18:7לְרָעֵ֣ב · to the hungry
    He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  20. Ezekiel 18:16לְרָעֵ֣ב · to the hungry
    He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.