πεινάω peinaō

Greek word for “to hunger” · Strong’s G3983 · used 23 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

πεινάω, -ῶ; to hunger, be hungry: 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, 11:12, 4:2 6:3, " (LXX), 11:21 11:34; metaphorically.†;

How it is translated

Glosses given for peinaō in context, with how often each is used:

• hungry 7
• hungering 4
• hungered 4
• will hunger 2
• hunger 2
• became hungry 1
• those hungering 1
• may hunger 1
• shall hunger 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 25 (4), Luke 6 (3), Matthew 12 (2), 1 Corinthians 11 (2), Matthew 4 (1), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 21 (1), Mark 2 (1), Mark 11 (1), Luke 1 (1)

Forms

• ἐπείνασεν 7
• πεινᾷ 3
• πεινῶντες 2
• ἐπείνασα 2
• πεινῶντα 2
• ἐπείνασαν 1
• πεινῶντας 1
• πεινάσετε 1
• πεινάσῃ 1
• πεινῶμεν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with peinaō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• διψάω dipsaō “to thirst” 9
• ποτίζω potizō “to water” 4
• χορτάζω chortazō “to feed” 3
• φαγεῖν phagein “to eat” 4
• ἀναγινώσκω anaginōskō “to read” 3
• γελάω gelaō “to laugh” 2
• Δαυείδ Daueid, Dauid, Dabid “David” 3
• ἐμπίμπλημι empimplēmi “to fill up” 2
• ὅτε hote “when” 3
• ξένος xenos “foreign” 2
• πότε pote “when?” 2
• τεσσαράκοντα tessarakonta “forty” 2

Key verses

The verses using peinaō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 4:2 — And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
• Matthew 5:6 — Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
• Matthew 12:3 — But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
• Matthew 25:35 — For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
• Luke 1:53 — He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
• Luke 4:2 — Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
• Luke 6:21 — Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
• Luke 6:25 — Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
• John 6:35 — And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
• Romans 12:20 — Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
• 1 Corinthians 4:11 — Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
• Revelation 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.