G3983
πεινάω
peináō
"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
Lexicon
Derivation: from the same as G3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil;
"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
- "pine")
- to famish (absolutely or comparatively)
- figuratively, to crave
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be an hungered
Usage
23 occurrences · 0 OT · 23 NT · 15 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- hunger4 · 17%
- an hungred3 · 13%
- was an hungred3 · 13%
- i was an hungred2 · 8%
- do hunger1 · 4%
- were an hungred1 · 4%
- he hungered1 · 4%
- he was hungry1 · 4%
- the hungry1 · 4%
- hungered1 · 4%
- are ye that hunger1 · 4%
- ye shall hunger1 · 4%
- we1 · 4%
- is hungry1 · 4%
- to be hungry1 · 4%
- they shall hunger1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
ἐπείνασεν.3ἐπείνασεν3πεινῶντες2πεινᾷ,2ἐπείνασα2πεινῶντα2ἐπείνασεν,1πεινῶντας1πεινάσουσιν1πεινᾶν1ἐπείνασαν1πεινῶμεν1
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.