רָעָב raav

Hebrew word for “famine” · Strong’s H7458 · used 101 times in 88 verses

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Meaning

1) famine, hunger; 1a) famine (in land, nation); 1a1) of Jehovah's word (fig); 1b) hunger (of individuals)

How it is translated

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

• famine 93
• hunger 8

Where it is used

Also in 5 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 41 (8), Jeremiah 14 (5), Jeremiah 44 (4), Genesis 47 (3), Jeremiah 42 (3), Ezekiel 5 (3), Genesis 45 (2), Jeremiah 21 (2), Jeremiah 27 (2), Jeremiah 29 (2)

Forms

• רעב 27
• הרעב 24
• ברעב 19
• וברעב 10
• והרעב 9
• ורעב 6
• לרעב 4
• לרעבם 1
• מרעב 1

Words used with it

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

• דֶּבֶר dever “pestilence” 27
• חֶרֶב cherev “sword” 40
• מוּת mut “to die” 18
• מִצְרַיִם mitsrayim “Egypt” 14
• לֶחֶם lechem “food” 11
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 12
• שָׁנָה shaneh “year” 11
• גּוּר gur “to sojourn” 7
• הֶם hem “them” 12
• רַע ra “bad” 10
• צָמָא tsama “thirst” 5
• תָּמַם tamam “to finish” 6

Key verses

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

• 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…
• Deuteronomy 28:48 — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all and he shall…
• 2 Samuel 21:1 — Then there was a famine 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…
• Jeremiah 14:12 — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume them by the sword,…
• Jeremiah 14:18 — If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famine! yea, both the…
• Jeremiah 15:2 — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death;…
• Jeremiah 16:4 — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they…
• Jeremiah 21:7 — And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence,…
• Jeremiah 29:18 — And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be…
• Lamentations 2:19 — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the…
• Ezekiel 5:12 — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round…
• Ezekiel 14:13 — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread…

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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.