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Hebrew word study

רָעָבrâʻâb — hunger (more or less extensive)

Pronounced “raw-awb'”

hunger (more or less extensive)

Translated in the King James as: dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.

Appears 101 times in Scripture

Origin: from H7456 (רָעֵב);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 24×

Genesis 12:10 Genesis 26:1 Genesis 41:27 Genesis 41:30 Genesis 41:31 Genesis 41:36 Genesis 41:50 Genesis 41:54 Genesis 41:56 Genesis 41:57 Genesis 42:5 Genesis 43:1 Genesis 45:6 Genesis 45:11 Genesis 47:4 Genesis 47:13 Genesis 47:20+ 7 more in Genesis

Exodus — 1×

Deuteronomy — 2×

Deuteronomy 28:48 Deuteronomy 32:24

Ruth — 1×

2 Samuel — 2×

2 Sam 21:1 2 Sam 24:13

1 Kings — 2×

1 Ki 8:37 1 Ki 18:2

2 Kings — 5×

2 Ki 4:38 2 Ki 6:25 2 Ki 7:4 2 Ki 8:1 2 Ki 25:3

1 Chronicles — 1×

2 Chronicles — 3×

2 Chr 6:28 2 Chr 20:9 2 Chr 32:11

Nehemiah — 2×

Nehemiah 5:3 Nehemiah 9:15

Job — 1×

Psalms — 2×

Psalms 33:19 Psalms 105:16

Isaiah — 3×

Isaiah 5:13 Isaiah 14:30 Isaiah 51:19

Jeremiah — 33×

Jeremiah 5:12 Jeremiah 11:22 Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 14:13 Jeremiah 14:15 Jeremiah 14:16 Jeremiah 14:18 Jeremiah 15:2 Jeremiah 16:4 Jeremiah 18:21 Jeremiah 21:7 Jeremiah 21:9 Jeremiah 24:10 Jeremiah 27:8 Jeremiah 27:13 Jeremiah 29:17 Jeremiah 29:18 Jeremiah 32:24 Jeremiah 32:36 Jeremiah 34:17 Jeremiah 38:2 Jeremiah 38:9 Jeremiah 42:16 Jeremiah 42:17 Jeremiah 42:22+ 8 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 3×

Lam 2:19 Lam 4:9 Lam 5:10

Ezekiel — 14×

Ezekiel 5:12 Ezekiel 5:16 Ezekiel 5:17 Ezekiel 6:11 Ezekiel 6:12 Ezekiel 7:15 Ezekiel 12:16 Ezekiel 14:13 Ezekiel 14:21 Ezekiel 34:29 Ezekiel 36:29 Ezekiel 36:30+ 2 more in Ezekiel

Amos — 2×

Amos 8:11+ 1 more in Amos

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.