Greek verb · G3983
πεινάω
peinaopi-nah'-o
to hunger
23 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: peináō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3983is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 27New Testament books
- 12spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3983
to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
The King James renders it: be an hungered.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
peinao is rendered "to hunger". It stands 23 times in the Greek text, across eight books.
- Nine of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- The Greek text spells it twelve different ways.
The first use
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Matthew 4:2ἐπείνασεν
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Nine of the word's twenty-three uses are in Matthew.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- hungering5
- He was hungry4
- hungered2
- I hungered2
- is hungry2
- He became hungry1
- may hunger1
- shall hunger1
- they will hunger1
- to hunger1
- was hungry1
- we hunger1
and 1 more, 23 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
12 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπείνασεν7
- πεινᾷ3
- ἐπείνασα2
- πεινῶντα2
- πεινῶντες2
- ἐπείνασαν1
- πεινᾶν1
- πεινάσετε.¶1
- πεινάσῃ1
- πεινάσουσιν1
- πεινῶμεν1
- πεινῶντας1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular2V-PAP-ASM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-AAI-3P
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular1V-AAS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-FAI-2P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-PAP-APM
Matthew
nine uses
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was hungry
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- πεινῶντεςpeinontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: hungering
At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
- ἐπείνασανepeinasanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: hungered
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was hungry
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He became hungry
For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
- ἐπείνασαepeinasaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I hungered
Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
- πεινῶνταpeinontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: hungering
For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
- ἐπείνασαepeinasaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I hungered
And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- πεινῶνταpeinontaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: hungering
Mark
two uses
Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: hungered
The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was hungry
Luke
five uses
He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
- πεινῶνταςpeinontasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: hungering
where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was hungry
Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- ἐπείνασενepeinasenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was hungry
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
- πεινῶντεςpeinontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: hungering
Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
- πεινάσετε.¶peinaseteverb · future active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will hunger
John
one use
Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
- πεινάσῃpeinaseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may hunger
Romans
one use
On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
- πεινᾷpeinaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall hunger
1 Corinthians
three uses
To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
- πεινῶμενpeinomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we hunger
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
- πεινᾷpeinaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is hungry
If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
- πεινᾷpeinaverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is hungry
Philippians
one use
I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
- πεινᾶνpeinanverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to hunger
Revelation
one use
‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’
- πεινάσουσινpeinasousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will hunger
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.