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πεινάω G3983
G3983 is the Greek word πεινάω, transliterated peináō. The King James Version most often renders it hunger.
What it means
"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave.
Where it comes from
from the same as G3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: be an hungered.
Verses using πεινάω
All 19 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:6 · KJV
Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Matthew 12:1 · KJV
At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
Matthew 12:3 · KJV
But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
Matthew 25:35 · KJV
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
Matthew 25:37 · KJV
Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
Matthew 25:42 · KJV
For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
Matthew 25:44 · KJV
Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
Mark 2:25 · KJV
And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
Luke 1:53 · KJV
He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
Luke 6:3 · KJV
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Luke 6:21 · KJV
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Luke 6:25 · KJV
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
John 6:35 · KJV
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
Romans 12:20 · KJV
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
1 Corinthians 4:11 · KJV
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
1 Corinthians 11:21 · KJV
For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
1 Corinthians 11:34 · KJV
And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come.
Philippians 4:12 · KJV
I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Revelation 7:16 · KJV
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3983 mean?
G3983 is the Greek word πεινάω (peináō), meaning "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave.
How is G3983 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hunger (8 times), hungred (8 times), hungry (3 times), we (1 time).
How many times does G3983 appear in the Bible?
πεινάω (peináō) is tagged in 19 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3983 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from the same as G3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil.
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