רָעָב
rāʿāb
famine
Strong's H7458NounHebrewTWOT 2183a

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

רָעָב noun, masculine: famine, hunger

Strong's H7458 רָעָב: 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: רָעֵב rāʿēb — be hungry; allow, to hunger; famish

See it in Scripture

Genesis 12:10Exodus 16:3Deuteronomy 32:24

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