Quick Definition
be hungry
Strong's Definition
to hunger
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
TWOT Reference: 2183
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to be hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
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 hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
רָעֵב
râ‛êb
BDB Definition:
1) to be hungry, be voracious
1a) (Qal) to be hungry
1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2183
Total KJV Occurrences: 32