רָעָב (rāʿāb) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning famine. It appears
101 times
in 17 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H7458).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2183a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2183a)famine, hunger; dearth, famished
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
רָעָבnoun, masculine: famine, hunger
Strong's H7458רָעָב: hunger (more or less extensive) KJV:dearth, famine, famished, hunger.
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: רָעֵבrāʿēb — be hungry; allow, to hunger; famish