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Hunger, Hungered, Hungry
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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has the meanings "famine" and "hunger;" "hunger" in Luke 15:17; 2 Corinthians 11:27; in Revelation 6:8 , RV "famine" (AV, "hunger"). See FAMINE.
"to hunger, be hungry, hungered," is used (a) literally, e.g., Matthew 4:2; 12:1; 21:18; Romans 12:20; 1 Corinthians 11:21,34; Philippians 4:12; Revelation 7:16; Christ identifies Himself with His saints in speaking of Himself as suffering in their sufferings in this and other respects, Matthew 25:35,42; (b) metaphorically, Matthew 5:6; Luke 6:21,25; John 6:35 .
signifies "hungry" (pros, "intensive," peina, "hunger"), Acts 10:10 , AV, "very hungry," RV, "hungry."
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hunger, Hungered, Hungry'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hunger-hungered-hungry.html. 1940.
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Hunger, Hungered, Hungry'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/h/hunger-hungered-hungry.html. 1940.
