Râʻêb — H7456

H7456 · Hebrew — רעב

Pronunciation: raw-abe'

Definition

verb

to hunger

  1. to be hungry, be voracious
    1. (Qal) to be hungry
    2. (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger

Usually translated as

hungry, hunger, famish

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Râʻêb occurs 13 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Deuteronomy (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (3), Isaiah (5), Jeremiah (1)

Strong's Lexicon — R