Quick Definition
to starve
Strong's Definition
to emaciate, i.e. make (become) thin (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: famish, wax lean.
TWOT Reference: 2139
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be or become or grow lean
1a) (Qal) to make lean
1b) (Niphal) to be made lean
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) to be or become or grow lean
1a) (Qal) to make lean
1b) (Niphal) to be made lean
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָזָה
râzâh
BDB Definition:
1) to be or become or grow lean
1a) (Qal) to make lean
1b) (Niphal) to be made lean
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2139
Total KJV Occurrences: 2