רָעָב
râʻâb · raw-awb'
hunger (more or less extensive)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7456 (רָעֵב);
hunger (more or less extensive)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
Letters
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the head, the highest › to see and know › the house, what is within
The head, the highest that works to see and know of the house, what is within.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of רָעָב above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
101 occurrences · 101 OT · 0 NT · 55 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the famine8 · 11%
- of famine8 · 11%
- famine8 · 11%
- by the famine7 · 9%
- and by the famine7 · 9%
- the famine5 · 7%
- with hunger4 · 5%
- for the famine3 · 4%
- with famine2 · 3%
- by famine2 · 3%
- of the famine2 · 3%
- for a famine2 · 3%
- and there was a famine2 · 3%
- and famine2 · 3%
- to the famine2 · 3%
- in famine2 · 3%
- against thee, in hunger1 · 1%
- because the famine1 · 1%
- corn; because that the famine1 · 1%
- and the dearth1 · 1%
- of dearth1 · 1%
- hath the famine1 · 1%
- not through the famine1 · 1%
- of that famine1 · 1%
- there; for the famine1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.