Strong's H7457 · Hebrew
רָעֵב
râʻêb · /raw-abe'/
Definition
hungry (more or less intensely)
KJV: hunger bitten, hungry.
Root / derivation: from H7456 (רָעֵב);
KJV usage breakdown
How the Authorized (KJV) translators rendered רָעֵב across 22 verses.
Every occurrence (KJV)
22 verses use this word, grouped by book — the translated form is highlighted.
Job4 verses
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 18:12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Job 22:7Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
Job 24:10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Psalms4 verses
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalms 107:9For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalms 107:36And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalms 146:7Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Proverbs2 verses
Isaiah7 verses
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 their king and their God, and look upward.
Isaiah 9:20And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm: snatch: Heb cut
Isaiah 29:8It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Isaiah 32:6For 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 the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Isaiah 44:12The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint. with the tongs: or, with an axe
Isaiah 58:7Is 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 that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh? cast: or, afflicted
Isaiah 58:10And 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:
Ezekiel2 verses
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 naked with a garment;
Ezekiel 18:16Neither 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 naked with a garment, hath not: Heb. hath not pledged the pledge, or, taken to pledge
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Frequently asked questions
What does Strong's H7457 (râʻêb) mean?
hungry (more or less intensely)
How many times does H7457 appear in the Bible?
Strong's H7457 (רָעֵב) appears in 22 verses of the King James Version, most often translated “hungry.”
How is râʻêb translated in the KJV?
In the KJV, Strong's H7457 is rendered as “hungry” (21×), “hungerbitten” (1×).
Where does the Hebrew word רָעֵב come from?
from H7456 (רָעֵב);