STRONGS NUMBER H7457

Word Summary

raeb: hungry

Original Word: רָעֵב
Transliteration: raeb
Phonetic Spelling: (raw-abe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: hungry
Meaning: hungry

Strong's Concordance

hunger bitten, hungry

From ra'eb; hungry (more or less intensely) -- hunger bitten, hungry.

see HEBREW ra'eb

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H7457. raeb

רָעֵב‎ adjective hungry; — absolute ׳ר‎ 2 Samuel 17:29 +; feminine singular רְעֵבָה‎ Psalm 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; masculine plural רְעֵבִים‎ 1 Samuel 2:5 +; — hungry (sometimes + עָיֵף צָמֵא,‎), 2 Samuel 17:29; 2 Kings 7:12; Isaiah 8:21; Proverbs 25:21; Psalm 107:5; רְעֵבָה נֶפֶשׁ‎ 107:9; Proverbs 27:7; as substantive singular a hungry man Isaiah 29:8; 32:6; 58:7, 10; Ezekiel 18:7, 16; Job 5:5 (Bev^{JPhil. xxvi. 304} proposes רָעָב‎, compare Ezekiel 7:15) 22:7, plural 1 Samuel 2:5 (opposed to בַּלֶּחֶם שְׂבֵעִים‎), Job 24:10 ("" עָרוֺם‎), Psalm 107:36; 146:7; אֹנוֺ יְהִירָֿעֵב‎ Job 18:12 (figurative) his strength grows hungry, i.e. fails (ᵑ9‎ Ew Di and others); ᵑ6‎ De Bu Du (reading אָוֶן‎) al. his trouble grows hungry (i.e. ravenous for him), but ׳ר‎ never elsewhere in this sense.

King James Bible