Word Study · Strong's H7457 · Hebrew
רָעֵב
raeb
raw-abe'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râʻêb
“hungry (more or less intensely)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hungry (more or less intensely)
Rendered in the KJV as
hunger bitten, hungry.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- לְרָעֵ֣ב2
- לָֽרָעֵב֙2
- הָרָעֵ֜ב1
- וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗ב1
- וְרָעֵ֑ב1
- וּרְעֵבִ֖ים1
- וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים1
- לָרְעֵבִ֑ים1
- רָעֵ֛ב1
- רָ֘עֵ֤ב1
- רָעֵ֥ב1
- רָעֵ֣ב1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 13
- hungry4
- [is] hungry2
- [the] hungry2
- and hungry2
- to [the] hungry2
- [are] hungry1
- and from [the] hungry1
- and hungry [people]1
- for the hungry [person]1
- hungry [people]1
- the hungry [person]1
- to the hungry [people]1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 10
- adjective · masculine singular5
- adjective · masculine plural3
- adjective · feminine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural2
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular2
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine singular2
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singular1
- preposition with the article + adjective · masculine plural1
- the definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HAamsa · 5
- HAampa · 3
- HAafsa · 2
- HC/Aampa · 2
- HR/Aamsa · 2
- HRd/Aamsa · 2
- HC/Aamsa · 1
- HC/R/Aamsa · 1
- HRd/Aampa · 1
- HTd/Aamsa · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Isaiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Job4 occurrences
- Job 5:5רָ֘עֵ֤בraevadjective · masculine singularThe hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.here: [the] hungry
- Job 18:12רָעֵ֥בraevadjective · masculine singularHis strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.here: hungry
- Job 22:7וּ֝מֵרָעֵ֗בumeraevconjunction (“and”) + preposition + adjective · masculine singularYou gave no water to the weary and withheld food from the famished,here: and from [the] hungry
- Job 24:10וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗יםureevimconjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine pluralWithout clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.here: and hungry
Psalms4 occurrences
- Psalms 107:5רְעֵבִ֥יםreevimadjective · masculine pluralThey were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.here: hungry
- Psalms 107:9רְ֝עֵבָהreevahadjective · feminine singularFor He satisfies the thirsty and fills the hungry with good things.here: hungry
- Psalms 107:36רְעֵבִ֑יםreevimadjective · masculine pluralHe causes the hungry to settle there, that they may establish a city in which to dwell.here: hungry [people]
- Psalms 146:7לָרְעֵבִ֑יםlareevimpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine pluralHe executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. The LORD sets the prisoners free,here: to the hungry [people]
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 25:21רָעֵ֣בraevadjective · masculine singularIf your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.here: [is] hungry
- Proverbs 27:7רְ֝עֵבָ֗הreevahadjective · feminine singularThe soul that is full loathes honey, but to a hungry soul, any bitter thing is sweet.here: hungry
Isaiah5 occurrences
- Isaiah 8:21וְרָעֵ֑בveraevconjunction (“and”) + adjective · 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: and hungry
- Isaiah 29:8הָרָעֵ֜בharaevthe definite article (“the”) + adjective · masculine singularas 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.here: the hungry [person]
- Isaiah 32:6רָעֵ֔בraevadjective · masculine singularFor 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.here: [the] hungry
- Isaiah 58:7לָֽרָעֵב֙laraevpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singularIsn’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?here: for the hungry [person]
- Isaiah 58:10לָֽרָעֵב֙laraevpreposition with the article + adjective · masculine singularand 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.here: to the hungry [person]
Ezekiel2 occurrences
- Ezekiel 18:7לְרָעֵ֣בleraevpreposition + adjective · masculine singularHe 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.here: to [the] hungry
- Ezekiel 18:16לְרָעֵ֣בleraevpreposition + adjective · masculine singularHe does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.here: to [the] hungry
Same headword in Strong's