HebrewH7457Adjective

רָעֵב

ra.ev

20Occurrences
H7457Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

hungry (more or less intensely)

from H7456 (רָעֵב);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
  1. hungry 1a) hungry 1b) hungry man (subst) 1c) of failing strength (fig)

Go beyond grammar.

See how this word works across context, usage, and meaning with AI-assisted word study built for serious Bible study.

Context-aware insightsOriginal language depthFast, practical workflow

Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

H:A

Full Description

Hebrew Adjective

Occurrences

רָעֵב appears 20 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Isaiah
5
Job
4
Psalms
4
Ezk
2
Proverbs
2
1 Samuel
1
2 Kings
1
2 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 2:5BSB

The well-fed hire themselves out for food,but the starving hunger no more.The barren woman gives birth to seven,but she who has many sons pines away.

Ezk 18:16BSB

Verse text unavailable

Isaiah 58:10BSB

and if you give yourself to the hungryand satisfy the afflicted soul,then your light will go forth in the darkness,and your night will be like noonday.

Job 24:10BSB

Without clothing, they wander about naked.They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

Psalms 107:5BSB

They were hungry and thirsty;their soul fainted within them.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.