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רָעֵב H7457
H7457 is the Hebrew word רָעֵב, transliterated râʻêb and said raw-abe'. The King James Version most often renders it hungry.
What it means
hungry (more or less intensely).
Where it comes from
from H7456 (רָעֵב).
How the King James Version translates it
Across 20 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: hunger bitten, hungry.
Verses using רָעֵב
All 20 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 2:5 · KJV
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
2 Samuel 17:29 · KJV
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
2 Kings 7:12 · KJV
And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
Job 5:5 · KJV
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
Job 18:12 · KJV
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Psalm 107:5 · KJV
Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.
Psalm 107:9 · KJV
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
Psalm 107:36 · KJV
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
Psalm 146:7 · KJV
Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners:
Proverbs 25:21 · KJV
If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:
Proverbs 27:7 · KJV
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
Isaiah 8:21 · KJV
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 9:20 · KJV
And 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:
Isaiah 29:8 · KJV
It 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 32:6 · KJV
For 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 44:12 · KJV
The 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.
Isaiah 58:7 · KJV
Is 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?
Isaiah 58:10 · KJV
And 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 noon day:
Ezekiel 18:7 · KJV
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 18:16 · KJV
Neither 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,
Common questions
What does Strong's H7457 mean?
H7457 is the Hebrew word רָעֵב (râʻêb), meaning hungry (more or less intensely).
How is H7457 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it hungry (17 times), hungerbitten (1 time), maketh the hungry (1 time), yea he is hungry (1 time).
How many times does H7457 appear in the Bible?
רָעֵב (râʻêb) is tagged in 20 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7457 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: from H7456 (רָעֵב).
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