Strong's Lexicon

H7456

H7456 — רָעֵב

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewra`ebverbOccurrences: 17

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H7456
Word:	רָעֵב
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	17
Transliteration:	ra`eb
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	raw-abe'
Meaning:	1. to hunger
KJV Renderings:	(suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).

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רָעֵב verb be hungry (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il and derivatives; Assyrian rûbatu, hunger; Arabic [untranscribed source text 5105] be roomy, voracious, [untranscribed source text 5106] desire vehemently; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5107] be hungry); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ר Isa 9:19; Isa 44:12 3 plural רָעֵ֑בוּ Ps 34:11 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יִרְעַב Isa 8:21, 1 plural נִרְעַב Jer 42:14, etc.; — be hungry Isa 8:21; Gen 41:55 ( E ; of land, = have famine), Jer 42:14 (לַלֶּחֶם), Isa 49:10 (|| צמא), Isa 65:13 (|| id.; opposed to אכל), Ps 50:12 if I should be hungry (of ׳ י), Prov 6:30; Prov 19:15.

Hiph`il allow one to hunger, subject ׳ י: Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיַּרְעִבֶ֑ךָ Deut 8:3 (opposed to וַיַּאֲִכלְךָ), יַרְעִיב נֶפֶשׁ Prov 10:3.

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