רָעֵב raev
Hebrew word for “hungry” · Strong’s H7457 · used 20 times in 20 verses
Meaning
1) hungry; 1a) hungry; 1b) hungry man (subst); 1c) of failing strength (fig)
How it is translated
Glosses given for raev in context, with how often each is used:
- hungry 14
- hungry people 3
- hungry person 3
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isaiah | 5 | 0.3 | |
| Job | 4 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 4 | 0.2 | |
| Proverbs | 2 | 0.3 | |
| Ezekiel | 2 | 0.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Samuel | 1 | 0.1 | |
| 2 Kings | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Psalms 107 (3), Isaiah 58 (2), Ezekiel 18 (2), 1 Samuel 2 (1), 2 Samuel 17 (1), 2 Kings 7 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 18 (1), Job 22 (1), Job 24 (1)
Forms
- רעב 5
- לרעב 4
- רעבים 3
- ורעבים 2
- רעבה 2
- ומרעב 1
- לרעבים 1
- ורעב 1
- הרעב 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with raev more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צָמֵא tsame “thirsty” 5
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 7
- עָיֵף ayeph “faint” 3
- נֶפֶשׁ nephesh “soul” 6
- חֲבֹל chavol “pledge” 2
- שָׁקַק shaqaq “to rush” 2
- גְּזֵלָה gezelah “violence” 2
- שָׂבֵעַ savea “sated” 2
- עֵירֹם erom “naked” 2
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 3
- עָרוֹם arom “naked” 2
- יָנָה yanah “to oppress” 2
Key verses
The verses using raev that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 2:5 — They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children…
- 2 Samuel 17:29 — And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary,…
- Job 5:5 — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
- Psalms 107:9 — For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
- Psalms 146:7 — Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
- Proverbs 25:21 — If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
- Isaiah 8:21 — And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse…
- Isaiah 32:6 — For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of…
- Isaiah 58:7 — Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and…
- Isaiah 58:10 — And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:
- Ezekiel 18:7 — And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the…
- Ezekiel 18:16 — Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the…
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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.