Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3983
πεινάω
peinaō · “to hunger”
Used 23 times across 8 books
Definition
πεινάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב ;]
to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21, 25, Jhn.6:35.†
[in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב ;]
to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21, 25, Jhn.6:35.†
Where it appears
Matthew9
Mark2
Luke5
John1
Romans1
1 Corinthians3
Philippians1
Revelation1
In the text
Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.Matthew 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.Matthew 12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.Matthew 25:35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?Matthew 25:42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
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