Occurrences
Râʻâb occurs 101 times in 88 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (17), Exodus (1), Deuteronomy (2), Ruth (1), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (2), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (3), Nehemiah (2), Job (1), Psalms (2), Isaiah (3), Jeremiah (30), Lamentations (3), Ezekiel (12), Amos (1)
- Genesis 12:10 — And there was a famine (רָעָ֖ב) in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 12:10 — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) was grievous in the land.
- Genesis 26:1 — And there was a famine (רָעָב֙) in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
- Genesis 26:1 — And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine (הָרָעָ֣ב) that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Philistines unto Gerar.
- Genesis 41:27 — And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall be seven years of famine (רָעָֽב).
- Genesis 41:30 — And there shall arise after them seven years of famine (רָעָב֙); and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall consume the land;
- Genesis 41:30 — And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) shall consume the land;
- Genesis 41:31 — And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine (הָרָעָ֥ב) following; for it shall be very grievous.
- Genesis 41:36 — And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine (הָרָעָ֔ב), which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine.
- Genesis 41:36 — And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish not through the famine (בָּרָעָֽב).
- Genesis 41:50 — And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine (הָרָעָ֑ב) came, which Asenath the daughter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare unto him.
- Genesis 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth (הָרָעָב֙) began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 41:54 — And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth (רָעָב֙) was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.
- Genesis 41:56 — And the famine (וְהָרָעָ֣ב) was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:56 — And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine (הָֽרָעָ֖ב) waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 41:57 — And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) was so sore in all lands.
- Genesis 42:5 — And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) was in the land of Canaan.
- Genesis 43:1 — And the famine (וְהָרָעָ֖ב) was sore in the land.
- Genesis 45:6 — For these two years hath the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
- Genesis 45:11 — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine (רָעָ֑ב); lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
- Genesis 47:4 — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.
- Genesis 47:13 — And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine.
- Genesis 47:13 — And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine (הָרָעָֽב).
- Genesis 47:20 — And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine (הָרָעָ֑ב) prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh’s.
- Exodus 16:3 — And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger (בָּרָעָֽב).
- Deuteronomy 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger (בְּרָעָ֧ב), and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
- Deuteronomy 32:24 — They shall be burnt with hunger (רָעָ֛ב), and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.
- Ruth 1:1 — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine (רָעָ֖ב) in the land. And a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
- 2 Samuel 21:1 — Then there was a famine (רָעָב֩) in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 — So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine (רָעָ֣ב) come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
- 1 Kings 8:37 — If there be in the land famine (רָעָ֞ב), if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;
- 1 Kings 18:2 — And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine (וְהָרָעָ֖ב) in Samaria.
- 2 Kings 4:38 — And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth (וְהָרָעָ֣ב) in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto his servant, Set on the great pot, and seethe pottage for the sons of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 6:25 — And there was a great famine (רָעָ֤ב) in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove’s dung for five pieces of silver.
- 2 Kings 7:4 — If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine (וְהָרָעָ֤ב) is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now therefore come, and let us fall unto the host of the Syrians: if they save us alive, we shall live; and if they kill us, we shall but die.
- 2 Kings 8:1 — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the LORD hath called for a famine (לָֽרָעָ֔ב); and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
- 2 Kings 25:3 — And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine (הָרָעָ֖ב) prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- 1 Chronicles 21:12 — Either three years’ famine (רָעָ֗ב); or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else three days the sword of the LORD, even the pestilence, in the land, and the angel of the LORD destroying throughout all the coasts of Israel. Now therefore advise thyself what word I shall bring again to him that sent me.
- 2 Chronicles 6:28 — If there be dearth (רָעָ֞ב) in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
- 2 Chronicles 20:9 — If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine (וְרָעָב֒), we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
- 2 Chronicles 32:11 — Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine (בְּרָעָ֥ב) and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the hand of the king of Assyria?
- Nehemiah 5:3 — Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth (בָּרָעָֽב).
- Nehemiah 9:15 — And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger (לִרְעָבָ֔ם), and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hadst sworn to give them.
- Job 5:20 — In famine (בְּ֭רָעָב) he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- Psalms 33:19 — To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine (בָּרָעָֽב).
- Psalms 105:16 — Moreover he called for a famine (רָ֭עָב) upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- Isaiah 5:13 — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished (רָעָ֔ב), and their multitude dried up with thirst.
- Isaiah 14:30 — And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine (בָֽרָעָב֙), and he shall slay thy remnant.
- Isaiah 51:19 — These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine (וְהָרָעָ֥ב), and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
- Jeremiah 5:12 — They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine (וְרָעָ֖ב):