רָעֵב
ra.ev
“be hungry”
Definition
to hunger
a primitive root;
- to be hungry, be voracious 1a) (Qal) to be hungry 1b) (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
רָעֵב appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
The blacksmith takes a tooland labors over the coals;he fashions an idol with hammersand forges it with his strong arms.Yet he grows hungry and loses his strength;he fails to drink water and grows faint.
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says:“My servants will eat,but you will go hungry;My servants will drink,but you will go thirsty;My servants will rejoice,but you will be put to shame.
and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
Laziness brings on deep sleep,and an idle soul will suffer hunger.
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