King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7456
Transliteration: raeb
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-abe')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be hungry
Meaning: to be hungry
Word Summary
raeb: to be hungry
Original Word: רָעֵבTransliteration: raeb
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-abe')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be hungry
Meaning: to be hungry
Strong's Concordance
suffer to famish, be, have, suffer, hunger A primitive root; to hunger -- (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7456. raeb
רָעֵב verb be hungry (Late Hebrew id. Hiph`il and derivatives; Assyrian rûbatu, hunger; Arabic be roomy, voracious, desire vehemently; Ethiopic be hungry); —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ר Isaiah 9:19; 44:12; 3plural רָעֵ֑בוּ Psalm 34:11; Imperfect3masculine singular יִרְעַב Isaiah 8:21, 1plural נִרְעַב Jeremiah 42:14, etc.; — be hungry Isaiah 8:21; Genesis 41:55 (E; of land, = have famine), Jeremiah 42:14 (לַלֶּחֶם), Isaiah 49:10 ("" צמא), 65:13 ("" id.; opposed to אכל), Psalm 50:12 if I should be hungry (of ׳י), Proverbs 6:30; 19:15.
Hiph`il allow one to hunger, subject ׳י: Imperfect3masculine singular וַיַּרְעִבֶ֑ךָ Deuteronomy 8:3 (opposed to וַיַּאֲִכלְךָ), נֶפֶשׁ יַרְעִיב Proverbs 10:3.