πεινάω
peinaō
“to hunger”
Definition
"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
from the same as G3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil;
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
G:V
Greek Verb
Occurrences
πεινάω appears 23 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
He has filled the hungry with good things,but has sent the rich away empty.
Woe to you who are well fed now,for you will hunger.Woe to you who laugh now,for you will mourn and weep.
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,
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
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