רָעֵב
rāʿēb
hungry
Strong's H7457AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 2183b

רָעֵב (rāʿēb) is a Hebrew adjective meaning hungry. It appears 20 times in 8 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7457).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2183b)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2183b)hungry; hunger bitten
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

רָעֵב adjective: hungry

Strong's H7457 רָעֵב: hungry (more or less intensely)
KJV:hunger bitten, hungry.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2183: רָעֵב rāʿēb — be hungry; allow, to hunger; famish

See it in Scripture

1 Samuel 2:52 Samuel 17:292 Kings 7:12

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