Word Study · Strong's H7456 · Hebrew
רָעֵב
raeb
raw-abe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râʻêb
“to hunger”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to hunger
Rendered in the KJV as
(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- אֶ֭רְעַב1
- וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒1
- וְרָעֵ֔ב1
- וְרָעֵ֑בוּ1
- וַתִּרְעַב֙1
- יִרְעַ֜ב1
- יִרְעָֽב׃1
- יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙1
- יַרְעִ֣יב1
- נִרְעָ֖ב1
- רָעֵב֙1
- תִרְעָֽב׃1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 11
- and it was hungry2
- he will be hungry2
- and he caused to hunger you1
- and they are hungry1
- he allows to hunger1
- he is hungry1
- I will be hungry1
- it will be hungry1
- they will be hungry1
- we will be hungry1
- you will be hungry1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 12
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular2
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp2ms1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural1
- Hc/Vqq3ms1
- Hc/Vqw3fs1
- verb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqi3ms · 2
- Hc/Vhw3ms/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Vqp3cp · 1
- Hc/Vqq3ms · 1
- Hc/Vqw3fs · 1
- HVhi3ms · 1
- HVqi1cp · 1
- HVqi1cs · 1
- HVqi2mp · 1
- HVqi3fs · 1
- HVqi3mp · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Isaiah5 of 13 · 38%
- Proverbs3 of 13 · 23%
- Psalms2 of 13 · 15%
- Genesis1 of 13 · 8%
- Deuteronomy1 of 13 · 8%
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 34:10וְרָעֵ֑בוּveraevuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralYoung lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.here: and they are hungry
- Psalms 50:12אֶ֭רְעַבʾeravverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularIf I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.here: I will be hungry
Proverbs3 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:30יִרְעָֽב׃yiravverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularMen do not despise the thief if he steals to satisfy his hunger.here: he will be hungry
- Proverbs 10:3יַרְעִ֣יבyarivverb · causative (hiphil), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThe LORD does not let the righteous go hungry, but He denies the craving of the wicked.here: he allows to hunger
- Proverbs 19:15תִרְעָֽב׃tiravverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularLaziness brings on deep sleep, and an idle soul will suffer hunger.here: he will be hungry
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 8:21יִרְעַ֜בyiravverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularThey 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.here: it will be hungry
- Isaiah 9:20וְרָעֵ֔בveraevHc/Vqq3msThey carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.here: and it was hungry
- Isaiah 44:12רָעֵב֙raevverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe blacksmith takes a tool and labors over the coals; he fashions an idol with hammers and forges it with his strong arms. Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength; he fails to drink water and grows faint.here: he is hungry
- Isaiah 49:10יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙yiravuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.here: they will be hungry
- Isaiah 65:13תִּרְעָ֔בוּtiravuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralTherefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.here: you will be hungry
Same headword in Strong's