Word Study · Strong's H7458 · Hebrew
רָעָב
raab
raw-awb'
Strong's 1890 spelling: râʻâb
“hunger (more or less extensive)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
hunger (more or less extensive)
Rendered in the KJV as
dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
- 101occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 17 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 55inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 101 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 55
- הָרָעָ֖ב9
- בָּרָעָ֣ב4
- בָּרָעָֽב׃4
- הָרָעָ֣ב4
- וְהָרָעָ֖ב4
- רָעָ֖ב4
- רָעָב֙4
- וּבָֽרָעָב֙3
- וּבָרָעָ֖ב3
- רָעָ֑ב3
- רָעָ֞ב3
- רָעָֽב׃3
and 43 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 20
- the famine24
- famine15
- by the famine11
- a famine9
- and by the famine9
- and the famine9
- and famine6
- hunger3
- by hunger2
- in the famine2
- to the famine2
- [are] for the famine1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- noun · masculine singular27
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular24
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular19
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular10
- conjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular9
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular6
- preposition + noun · masculine singular5
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 27
- HTd/Ncmsa · 24
- HRd/Ncmsa · 19
- HC/Rd/Ncmsa · 10
- HC/Td/Ncmsa · 9
- HC/Ncmsa · 6
- HR/Ncmsa · 5
- HR/Ncmsc/Sp3mp · 1
All 101, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Jeremiah33 of 101 · 33%
- Genesis24 of 101 · 24%
- Ezekiel14 of 101 · 14%
- 2 Kings5 of 101 · 5%
- 2 Chronicles3 of 101 · 3%
Jeremiah carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Genesis24 occurrences
- Genesis 12:10רָעָ֖בraavnoun · masculine singularNow there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.here: a famine
- Genesis 12:10הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.here: the famine
- Genesis 26:1רָעָב֙raavnoun · masculine singularNow 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.here: a famine
- Genesis 26:1הָרָעָ֣בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow 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.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:27רָעָֽב׃raavnoun · masculine singularMoreover, 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.here: famine
- Genesis 41:30רָעָב֙raavnoun · masculine singularbut 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.here: famine
- Genesis 41:30הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularbut 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.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:31הָרָעָ֥בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe abundance in the land will not be remembered, since the famine that follows it will be so severe.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:36הָרָעָ֔בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThis 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.”here: the famine
- Genesis 41:36בָּרָעָֽב׃baraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThis 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.”here: by the famine
- Genesis 41:50הָרָעָ֑בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBefore the years of famine arrived, two sons were born to Joseph by Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest of On.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:54הָרָעָב֙haraavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthe 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.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:54רָעָב֙raavnoun · masculine singularthe 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.here: a famine
- Genesis 41:56וְהָרָעָ֣בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.here: and the famine
- Genesis 41:56הָֽרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt.here: the famine
- Genesis 41:57הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth.here: the famine
- Genesis 42:5הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo the sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, since the famine had also spread to the land of Canaan.here: the famine
- Genesis 43:1וְהָרָעָ֖בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularNow the famine was still severe in the land.here: and the famine
- Genesis 45:6הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularFor the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.here: the famine
- Genesis 45:11רָעָ֑בraavnoun · masculine singularAnd there I will provide for you, because there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you and your household and everything you own will come to destitution.’here: famine
- Genesis 47:4הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThen they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”here: the famine
- Genesis 47:13הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.here: the famine
- Genesis 47:13הָרָעָֽב׃haraavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThere was no food, however, in all that region, because the famine was so severe; the lands of Egypt and Canaan had been exhausted by the famine.here: the famine
- Genesis 47:20הָרָעָ֑בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Joseph acquired for Pharaoh all the land in Egypt; the Egyptians, one and all, sold their fields because the famine was so severe upon them. The land became Pharaoh’s,here: the famine
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 28:48בְּרָעָ֧בberaavpreposition + noun · masculine singularyou will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.here: in hunger
- Deuteronomy 32:24רָעָ֛בraavnoun · masculine singularThey will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.here: famine
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 21:1רָעָב֩raavnoun · masculine singularDuring the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”here: a famine
- 2 Samuel 24:13רָעָ֣ב׀raavnoun · masculine singularSo Gad went and said to David, “Do you choose to endure three years of famine in your land, three months of fleeing the pursuit of your enemies, or three days of plague upon your land? Now then, think it over and decide how I should reply to Him who sent me.”here: famine
1 Kings2 occurrences
- 1 Kings 8:37רָעָ֞בraavnoun · masculine singularWhen famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,here: famine
- 1 Kings 18:2וְהָרָעָ֖בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSo Elijah went to present himself to Ahab. The famine was severe in Samaria,here: and the famine
2 Kings5 occurrences
- 2 Kings 4:38וְהָרָעָ֣בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen Elisha returned to Gilgal, there was a famine in the land. As the sons of the prophets were sitting at his feet, he said to his attendant, “Put on the large pot and boil some stew for the sons of the prophets.”here: and the famine
- 2 Kings 6:25רָעָ֤בraavnoun · masculine singularSo there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.here: a famine
- 2 Kings 7:4וְהָרָעָ֤בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularIf we say, ‘Let us go into the city,’ we will die there from the famine in the city; but if we sit here, we will also die. So come now, let us go over to the camp of the Arameans. If they let us live, we will live; if they kill us, we will die.”here: and the famine
- 2 Kings 8:1לָֽרָעָ֔בlaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularNow Elisha had said to the woman whose son he had restored to life, “Arise, you and your household; go and live as a foreigner wherever you can. For the LORD has decreed a seven-year famine, and it has already come to the land.”here: for the famine
- 2 Kings 25:3הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.here: the famine
2 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 6:28רָעָ֞בraavnoun · masculine singularWhen famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come,here: famine
- 2 Chronicles 20:9וְרָעָב֒veraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’here: and famine
- 2 Chronicles 32:11בְּרָעָ֥בberaavpreposition + noun · masculine singularIs not Hezekiah misleading you to give you over to death by famine and thirst when he says, ‘The LORD our God will deliver us from the hand of the king of Assyria?’here: by hunger
Nehemiah2 occurrences
- Nehemiah 5:3בָּרָעָֽב׃baraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularOthers were saying, “We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine.”here: in the famine
- Nehemiah 9:15לִרְעָבָ֔םliravampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralIn their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land which You had sworn to give them.here: for hunger their
Psalms2 occurrences
Isaiah3 occurrences
- Isaiah 5:13רָעָ֔בraavnoun · masculine singularTherefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.here: hunger
- Isaiah 14:30בָֽרָעָב֙varaavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThen the firstborn of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety, but I will kill your root by famine, and your remnant will be slain.here: by the famine
- Isaiah 51:19וְהָרָעָ֥בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThese pairs have befallen you: devastation and destruction, famine and sword. Who will grieve for you? Who can comfort you?here: and the famine
Jeremiah33 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:12וְרָעָ֖בveraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularThey have lied about the LORD and said: “He will not do anything; harm will not come to us; we will not see sword or famine.here: and famine
- Jeremiah 11:22בָּרָעָֽב׃baraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will punish them. Their young men will die by the sword, their sons and daughters by famine.here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 14:12וּבָרָעָ֣בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAlthough they may fast, I will not listen to their cry; although they may offer burnt offerings and grain offerings, I will not accept them. Instead, I will finish them off by sword and famine and plague.”here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 14:13וְרָעָ֖בveraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular“Ah, Lord GOD!” I replied, “Look, the prophets are telling them, ‘You will not see the sword or suffer famine, but I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”here: and famine
- Jeremiah 14:15וְרָעָ֔בveraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!here: and famine
- Jeremiah 14:15וּבָֽרָעָב֙uvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says about the prophets who prophesy in My name: I did not send them, yet they say, ‘No sword or famine will touch this land.’ By sword and famine these very prophets will meet their end!here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 14:16הָרָעָ֣בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd the people to whom they prophesy will be thrown into the streets of Jerusalem because of famine and sword. There will be no one to bury them or their wives, their sons or their daughters. I will pour out their own evil upon them.here: the famine
- Jeremiah 14:18רָעָ֑בraavnoun · masculine singularIf I go out to the country, I see those slain by the sword; if I enter the city, I see those ravaged by famine! For both prophet and priest travel to a land they do not know.’”here: famine
- Jeremiah 15:2לָֽרָעָב֙laraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’here: [are] for the famine
- Jeremiah 15:2לָֽרָעָ֔בlaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularIf they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’here: to the famine
- Jeremiah 16:4וּבָֽרָעָב֙uvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and beasts of the earth.”here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 18:21לָרָעָ֗בlaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularTherefore, hand their children over to famine; pour out the power of the sword upon them. Let their wives become childless and widowed; let their husbands be slain by disease, their young men struck down by the sword in battle.here: to the famine
- Jeremiah 21:7הָרָעָ֗בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’here: the famine
- Jeremiah 21:9וּבָרָעָ֣בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 24:10הָרָעָ֣בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularAnd I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”here: the famine
- Jeremiah 27:8וּבָרָעָ֨בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAs for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.here: and with the famine
- Jeremiah 27:13בָּרָעָ֣בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularWhy should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 29:17הָרָעָ֣בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will send against them sword and famine and plague, and I will make them like rotten figs, so bad they cannot be eaten.here: the famine
- Jeremiah 29:18בָּרָעָ֣בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.here: with the famine
- Jeremiah 32:24וְהָרָעָ֖בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularSee how the siege ramps are mounted against the city to capture it. And by sword and famine and plague, the city has been given into the hands of the Chaldeans who are fighting against it. What You have spoken has happened, as You now see!here: and the famine
- Jeremiah 32:36וּבָרָעָ֥בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularNow therefore, about this city of which you say, ‘It will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon by sword and famine and plague,’ this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says:here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 34:17הָרָעָ֔בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularTherefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.here: the famine
- Jeremiah 38:2בָּרָעָ֣בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singular“This is what the LORD says: Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever surrenders to the Chaldeans will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war, and he will live.here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 38:9הָֽרָעָ֔בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular“My lord the king, these men have acted wickedly in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet. They have dropped him into the cistern, where he will starve to death, for there is no more bread in the city.”here: the famine
- Jeremiah 42:16וְהָרָעָ֞בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularthen the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.here: and the famine
- Jeremiah 42:17בָּרָעָ֣בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularSo all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 42:22בָּרָעָ֥בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularNow therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 44:12בָּֽרָעָב֙baraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 44:12וּבָרָעָ֖בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularAnd I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 44:13בָּרָעָ֖בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,here: by the famine
- Jeremiah 44:18וּבָרָעָ֖בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularBut from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 44:27וּבָרָעָ֖בuvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularI am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.here: and by the famine
- Jeremiah 52:6הָרָעָ֖בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularBy the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.here: the famine
Lamentations3 occurrences
- Lamentations 2:19בְּרָעָ֖בberaavpreposition + noun · masculine singularArise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.here: by hunger
- Lamentations 4:9רָעָ֑בraavnoun · masculine singularThose slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.here: hunger
- Lamentations 5:10רָעָֽב׃raavnoun · masculine singularOur skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.here: hunger
Ezekiel14 occurrences
- Ezekiel 5:12וּבָֽרָעָב֙uvaraavconjunction (“and”) + preposition with the article + noun · masculine singularA third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.here: and by the famine
- Ezekiel 5:16הָרָעָ֨בharaavthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularWhen I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.here: the famine
- Ezekiel 5:16וְרָעָב֙veraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularWhen I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.here: and famine
- Ezekiel 5:17רָעָ֞בraavnoun · masculine singularI will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.”here: famine
- Ezekiel 6:11בָּרָעָ֥בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularThis is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.here: by the famine
- Ezekiel 6:12בָּרָעָ֖בbaraavpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singularHe who is far off will die by the plague, he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains will die by famine. So I will vent My fury upon them.here: by the famine
- Ezekiel 7:15וְהָרָעָ֖בveharaavconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singularThe sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.here: and the famine
- Ezekiel 7:15רָעָ֥בraavnoun · masculine singularThe sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.here: famine
- Ezekiel 12:16מֵרָעָ֣בmeraavpreposition + noun · masculine singularBut I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”here: from [the] famine
- Ezekiel 14:13רָעָ֔בraavnoun · masculine singular“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,here: famine
- Ezekiel 14:21וְרָעָ֞בveraavconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singularFor this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?here: and famine
- Ezekiel 34:29רָעָב֙raavnoun · masculine singularAnd I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.here: famine
- Ezekiel 36:29רָעָֽב׃raavnoun · masculine singularI will save you from all your uncleanness. I will summon the grain and make it plentiful, and I will not bring famine upon you.here: famine
- Ezekiel 36:30רָעָ֖בraavnoun · masculine singularI will also make the fruit of the trees and the crops of the field plentiful, so that you will no longer bear reproach among the nations on account of famine.here: famine
Amos2 occurrences
- Amos 8:11רָעָ֖בraavnoun · masculine singularBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.here: a famine
- Amos 8:11רָעָ֤בraavnoun · masculine singularBehold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land— not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD.here: a famine