What does רָעֵב mean in the Bible?
רָעֵב is a Hebrew word meaning "to hunger".
Hebrew · H7456
רָעֵב
To hunger
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רָעֵב H7456
What does רָעֵב mean in the Bible?
רָעֵב is a Hebrew word meaning "to hunger".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H7456?
The BSB source-word alignment has 13 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hunger (2), and hungry (1), and in your hunger (1), but they are still hungry (1), go hungry (1).
Where does רָעֵב appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Genesis 41:55. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (5), Proverbs (3), Psalms (2), Deuteronomy (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hunger 2× Proverbs 6:30, Isaiah 49:10
and hungry 1× Psalms 34:10
and in your hunger 1× Deuteronomy 8:3
but they are still hungry 1× Isaiah 9:20
go hungry 1× Proverbs 10:3
he grows hungry 1× Isaiah 44:12
I were hungry 1× Psalms 50:12
or hunger 1× Jeremiah 42:14
they are famished 1× Isaiah 8:21
When extreme hunger 1× Genesis 41:55
will go hungry 1× Isaiah 65:13
will suffer hunger 1× Proverbs 19:15
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Genesis 41:55 וַתִּרְעַב֙ to When extreme hunger Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular Deuteronomy 8:3 וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒ to and in your hunger Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Psalms 34:10 וְרָעֵ֑בוּ to and hungry Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural Psalms 50:12 אֶ֭רְעַב to I were hungry Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular Proverbs 6:30 יִרְעָֽב׃ to hunger Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Proverbs 10:3 יַרְעִ֣יב to go hungry Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Proverbs 19:15 תִרְעָֽב׃ to will suffer hunger Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Isaiah 8:21 יִרְעַ֜ב to they are famished Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Isaiah 9:20 וְרָעֵ֔ב to but they are still hungry Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular Isaiah 44:12 רָעֵב֙ to he grows hungry Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Genesis 41:55
Aligned rows 13
Books represented 6
Genesis 1 Deuteronomy 1 Psalms 2 Proverbs 3 Isaiah 5 Jeremiah 1
Source forms
אֶ֭רְעַב 1x ’er·‘aḇ Psalms 50:12
וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒ 1x way·yar·‘i·ḇe·ḵā Deuteronomy 8:3
וְרָעֵ֔ב 1x wə·rā·‘êḇ Isaiah 9:20
וְרָעֵ֑בוּ 1x wə·rā·‘ê·ḇū Psalms 34:10
וַתִּרְעַב֙ 1x wat·tir·‘aḇ Genesis 41:55
יִרְעַ֜ב 1x yir·‘aḇ Isaiah 8:21
יִרְעָֽב׃ 1x yir·‘āḇ Proverbs 6:30
יִרְעָ֙בוּ֙ 1x yir·‘ā·ḇū Isaiah 49:10
Parsing patterns
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 2x Proverbs 6:30, Isaiah 8:21
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular 1x Deuteronomy 8:3
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural 1x Psalms 34:10
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular 1x Isaiah 9:20
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular 1x Genesis 41:55
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular 1x Proverbs 10:3
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural 1x Jeremiah 42:14
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular 1x Psalms 50:12
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. to hunger
Source Gloss
to hunger
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
to hunger BDB: be hungry Usage: (suffer to) famish, (be, have, suffer, suffer to) hunger(-ry).
Grammatical Forms
How the stem changes the meaning of this verb across the biblical text.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 9
Qal basic active stem — the word in its most common, direct sense 8×
Imperfect Isa 8:21 · Prov 6:30 · Isa 49:10 · Isa 65:13 · Jer 42:14 · Prov 19:15 · Ps 50:12 7×
Perfect Isa 44:12 1×
Hiphil causative active — the subject causes someone else to perform the action 1×
Imperfect Prov 10:3 1×
Word Origins
רָעֵב is a primitive root - no further derivation.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain