H7458 רָעָב (râʻâb) raw-awb'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

famine

Strong's Definition

hunger (more or less extensive)

Derivation: from H7456 (רָעֵב);

KJV Usage: dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.

TWOT Reference: 2183a

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) famine, hunger

1a) famine (in land, nation)

1a1) of Jehovah's word (fig)

1b) hunger (of individuals)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

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STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

רָעָב (ra.av) — famine. 1) famine, hunger 1a) famine (in land, nation) 1a1) of Jehovah's word (fig) 1b) hunger (of individuals)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

רָעָב (H7458)

noun m · רעב

Hunger

hunger, famine = state of having a lack of food for a period of time, affecting an individual for a short time or a large number of people in a geographical area for a prolonged time (as in famine)

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

רָעָב 101 n.m. famine, hunger base

Bible Occurrences (88)

12:10 26:1 41:27 41:30 41:31 41:36 41:50 41:54 41:56 41:57 42:5 43:1 45:6 45:11 47:4 47:13 47:20

16:3

28:48 32:24

1:1

21:1 24:13

8:37 18:2

4:38 6:25 7:4 8:1 25:3

21:12

6:28 20:9 32:11

5:3 9:15

5:20

33:19 105:16

5:13 14:30 51:19

5:12 11:22 14:12 14:13 14:15 14:16 14:18 15:2 16:4 18:21 21:7 21:9 24:10 27:8 27:13 29:17 29:18 32:24 32:36 34:17 38:2 38:9 42:16 42:17 42:22 44:12 44:13 44:18 44:27 52:6

2:19 4:9 5:10

5:12 5:16 5:17 6:11 6:12 7:15 12:16 14:13 14:21 34:29 36:29 36:30

8:11

Genesis 12:10

Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

Genesis 26:1

Now there was another famine in the land, subsequent to the [one]... that had occurred in Abraham’s time. And Isaac went to Abimelech king of the Philistines at Gerar.

Genesis 41:27

Moreover, the seven thin, ugly cows that came up after them are seven years, and so are the seven worthless heads of grain scorched by the east wind — they are seven years of famine.

Genesis 41:30

but seven years of famine will follow them. Then all the abundance in the land of Egypt will be forgotten, and the famine will devastate the land.

Genesis 41:31

The abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it [will be] so severe -.

Genesis 41:36

This food will be a reserve for the land during the seven years of famine to come upon the land of Egypt. Then the country will not perish in the famine.

Genesis 41:50

Before the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On -.

Genesis 41:54

the seven years of famine... began, just as Joseph had said. And although there was famine in every country, there was food throughout the land of Egypt.