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1 Kings 8:37
“If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be;” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H7458 · Hebrew
- Definition
- hunger (more or less extensive)
- Derivation
- from H7456 (רָעֵב);
- KJV renderings
- dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.
- Grammar
- רָעָ֞ב — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 101 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 12:10Genesis 12:10Genesis 26:1Genesis 26:1Genesis 41:27
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read רָעָב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.