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Strong's #7458 - רָעָב

Transliteration
râʻâb
Phonetics
raw-awb'
Origin
from (H7456)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TWOT
2183a
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Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) famine, hunger

1a) famine (in land, nation)

1a1) of Jehovah’s word (figuratively)

1b) hunger (of individuals)

Greek Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 3042 ‑ λιμός (lee‑mos');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (100)
Genesis 24
Exodus 1
Deuteronomy 2
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 32
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
NAS (101)
Genesis 24
Exodus 1
Deuteronomy 2
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 33
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
HCS (101)
Genesis 24
Exodus 1
Deuteronomy 2
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 33
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
BSB (103)
Genesis 26
Exodus 1
Deuteronomy 2
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 33
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
ESV (98)
Genesis 24
Deuteronomy 1
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 32
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
WEB (100)
Genesis 23
Exodus 1
Deuteronomy 2
Ruth 1
2 Samuel 2
1 Kings 2
2 Kings 5
1 Chronicles 1
2 Chronicles 3
Nehemiah 2
Job 1
Psalms 2
Isaiah 3
Jeremiah 33
Lamentations 3
Ezekiel 14
Amos 2
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2777) bor (ראהב RAhB) AC: Hunger CO: Famine AB: ?

V) bor (ראהב RAhB) - Hunger: To be hungry or famished. KJV (11): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) hunger, hungry, famish - Strongs: H7456 (רָעֵב)

Nm) bor (ראהב RAhB) - I. Famine: II. Hungry:KJV (123): famine, hunger, dearth, famished, hungry - Strongs: H7457 (רָעֵב), H7458 (רָעָב)

jm) nfbor (ראהבונ RAhBWN) - Famine: KJV (3): famine - Strongs: H7459 (רְעָבוֹן)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
 רָעָב101 noun masculine Genesis 26:1 famine, hunger; — absolute ׳ר Genesis 12:10 +; suffix רְעָבָם Nehemiah 9:15;

1 famine (in land, nation or city), Genesis 12:10; Genesis 26:1; Genesis 41:30,31; Exodus 16:3; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:13 = 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Kings 6:25 +; ׳שְׁנֵי( הָ)ר Genesis 41:27,30,36, ׳שְׁנַת ר Genesis 41:50, but also ׳שָׁנִים ר [שָׁלוֺשׁ] שֶׁבַע 2 Samuel 24:13 (on Gender see Albr ZAW xvi (1896), 103) = 1 Chronicles 21:12; with חזק ( be) severe Genesis 47:56; Genesis 47:57; 1 Kings 18:2; 1 Kings 25:3= Jeremiah 52:6, חזק עַל Genesis 47:20; with כָּבֵד Genesis 12:10; Genesis 47:4,13; גָּדוֺל 2 Kings 6:25; ׳זַלְעֲפוֺת ר Lamentations 5:10; ׳מְזֵי ר Deuteronomy 32:24 + Isaiah 5:13 (see [מָזֶה]), ׳תַּחֲלוּאֵי ר Jeremiah 14:18, ׳חַלֲלֵי ר Lamentations 5:10, ׳אֲסֻפֵי ר Ezekiel 34:29; ׳חִצֵּי הָר Ezekiel 5:16; as scourge of ׳י (+ חֶרֶב, דֶּבֶר, etc.; especially Jeremiah , Ezekiel), Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 21:7,9; Ezekiel 5:2; Ezekiel 6:11,12 +, etc.; figurative of lack of ׳י s word Amos 8:11.

2 hunger, of individual Jeremiah 32:9; Deuteronomy 28:48 (+ צָמָא, etc.), 2 Chronicles 32:11 (+ id.).


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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

רָעָב m. hunger, famine, whether of individuals, Lamentations 5:10 or of entire provinces, scarcity of grain, Genesis 12:10, 41:30, seq.


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List of Word Forms
בְּ֭רָעָב בְּרָעָ֖ב בְּרָעָ֥ב בְּרָעָ֧ב בָּֽרָעָב֙ בָּרָעָ֖ב בָּרָעָ֣ב בָּרָעָ֥ב בָּרָעָֽב׃ בָֽרָעָב֙ ברעב ברעב׃ הָֽרָעָ֔ב הָֽרָעָ֖ב הָרָעָ֑ב הָרָעָ֔ב הָרָעָ֖ב הָרָעָ֗ב הָרָעָ֣ב הָרָעָ֥ב הָרָעָ֨ב הָרָעָֽב׃ הָרָעָב֙ הרעב הרעב׃ וְהָרָעָ֖ב וְהָרָעָ֞ב וְהָרָעָ֣ב וְהָרָעָ֤ב וְהָרָעָ֥ב וְרָעָ֔ב וְרָעָ֖ב וְרָעָ֞ב וְרָעָב֒ וְרָעָב֙ וּבָֽרָעָב֙ וּבָרָעָ֖ב וּבָרָעָ֣ב וּבָרָעָ֥ב וּבָרָעָ֨ב וברעב והרעב ורעב לִרְעָבָ֔ם לָֽרָעָ֔ב לָֽרָעָב֙ לָרָעָ֗ב לרעב לרעבם מֵרָעָ֣ב מרעב רָ֭עָב רָעָ֑ב רָעָ֔ב רָעָ֖ב רָעָ֗ב רָעָ֛ב רָעָ֞ב רָעָ֣ב ׀ רָעָ֤ב רָעָ֥ב רָעָֽב׃ רָעָב֙ רָעָב֩ רעב רעב׃ bā·rā·‘āḇ ḇā·rā·‘āḇ bārā‘āḇ ḇārā‘āḇ baraAv bə·rā·‘āḇ bərā‘āḇ beraAv berao hā·rā·‘āḇ hārā‘āḇ haraAv lā·rā·‘āḇ lārā‘āḇ laraAv lir‘āḇām lir·‘ā·ḇām liraVam mê·rā·‘āḇ mêrā‘āḇ meraAv rā‘āḇ rā·‘āḇ raAv rao ū·ḇā·rā·‘āḇ ūḇārā‘āḇ uvaraAv varaAv veharaAv veraAv wə·hā·rā·‘āḇ wə·rā·‘āḇ wəhārā‘āḇ wərā‘āḇ
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