Word Study · Strong's H7459 · Hebrew
רְעָבוֹן
reabon
reh-aw-bone'
Strong's 1890 spelling: rᵉʻâbôwn
“famine”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
famine
Rendered in the KJV as
famine.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 2inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 2
- רַעֲב֥וֹן2
- רְעָב֣וֹן1
How it is rendered · 2
- [the] hunger of2
- famine1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- noun · masculine singular1
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- HNcmsc · 2
- HNcmsa · 1
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Where this word lives
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Genesis2 occurrences
- Genesis 42:19רַעֲב֥וֹןraavonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)If you are honest, leave one of your brothers in custody while the rest of you go and take back grain to relieve the hunger of your households.here: [the] hunger of
- Genesis 42:33רַעֲב֥וֹןraavonnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.here: [the] hunger of