# רָעָב (raav)

Israeli respelling: ra-av. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7458. 88 Old Testament occurrences.

hunger (more or less extensive)

King James renderings: dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/raav-h7458

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 12:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/12/10) — And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
- [Genesis 26:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/1) — And there was a famine in the land, beside the first famine that was in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went unto Abimelech king of the Phil…
- [Genesis 41:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/27) — And the seven thin and ill favoured kine that came up after them are seven years; and the seven empty ears blasted with the east wind shall…
- [Genesis 41:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/30) — And there shall arise after them seven years of famine; and all the plenty shall be forgotten in the land of Egypt; and the famine shall co…
- [Genesis 41:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/31) — And the plenty shall not be known in the land by reason of that famine following; for it shall be very grievous.
- [Genesis 41:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/36) — And that food shall be for store to the land against the seven years of famine, which shall be in the land of Egypt; that the land perish n…
- [Genesis 41:50](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/50) — And unto Joseph were born two sons before the years of famine came, which Asenath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare unto him.
- [Genesis 41:54](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/54) — And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land of Egypt th…
- [Genesis 41:56](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/56) — And the famine was over all the face of the earth: And Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the famine waxed…
- [Genesis 41:57](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/57) — And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn; because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
- [Genesis 42:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/42/5) — And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- [Genesis 43:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/43/1) — And the famine was sore in the land.
- [Genesis 45:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/6) — For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest.
- [Genesis 45:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/45/11) — And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to povert…
- [Genesis 47:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/4) — They said moreover unto Pharaoh, For to sojourn in the land are we come; for thy servants have no pasture for their flocks; for the famine…
- [Genesis 47:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/13) — And there was no bread in all the land; for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reaso…
- [Genesis 47:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/20) — And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so…
- [Exodus 16:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/16/3) — And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh…
- [Deuteronomy 28:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/28/48) — Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of…
- [Deuteronomy 32:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/24) — They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon the…
- [Ruth 1:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ruth/1/1) — Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Bethlehemjudah went to soj…
- [2 Samuel 21:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/21/1) — Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, It is for…
- [2 Samuel 24:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/24/13) — So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three mont…
- [1 Kings 8:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/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 i…
- [1 Kings 18:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/18/2) — And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And there was a sore famine in Samaria.
- [2 Kings 4:38](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/4/38) — And Elisha came again to Gilgal: and there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him: and he said unto…
- [2 Kings 6:25](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/6/25) — And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass’s head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and th…
- [2 Kings 7:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/7/4) — If we say, We will enter into the city, then the famine is in the city, and we shall die there: and if we sit still here, we die also. Now…
- [2 Kings 8:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/8/1) — Then spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoeve…
- [2 Kings 25:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-kings/25/3) — And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.
- [1 Chronicles 21:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/21/12) — Either three years’ famine; or three months to be destroyed before thy foes, while that the sword of thine enemies overtaketh thee; or else…
- [2 Chronicles 6:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/28) — If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege…
- [2 Chronicles 20:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/20/9) — If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy n…
- [2 Chronicles 32:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/32/11) — Doth not Hezekiah persuade you to give over yourselves to die by famine and by thirst, saying, The LORD our God shall deliver us out of the…
- [Nehemiah 5:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/5/3) — Some also there were that said, We have mortgaged our lands, vineyards, and houses, that we might buy corn, because of the dearth.
- [Nehemiah 9:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/9/15) — And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst th…
- [Job 5:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/5/20) — In famine he shall redeem thee from death: and in war from the power of the sword.
- [Psalms 33:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/33/19) — To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
- [Psalms 105:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/16) — Moreover he called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread.
- [Isaiah 5:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/13) — Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dri…
- [Isaiah 14:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/14/30) — And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay t…
- [Isaiah 51:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/51/19) — These two things are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall…
- [Jeremiah 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/12) — They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
- [Jeremiah 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/11/22) — Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: the young men shall die by the sword; their sons and their daughters sh…
- [Jeremiah 14:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/12) — When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and an oblation, I will not accept them: but I will consume t…
- [Jeremiah 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/13) — Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give yo…
- [Jeremiah 14:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/15) — Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesy in my name, and I sent them not, yet they say, Sword and famine shall n…
- [Jeremiah 14:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/16) — And the people to whom they prophesy shall be cast out in the streets of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword; and they shall have…
- [Jeremiah 14:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/18) — If I go forth into the field, then behold the slain with the sword! and if I enter into the city, then behold them that are sick with famin…
- [Jeremiah 15:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/15/2) — And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are fo…
- [Jeremiah 16:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/4) — They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the…
- [Jeremiah 18:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/18/21) — Therefore deliver up their children to the famine, and pour out their blood by the force of the sword; and let their wives be bereaved of t…
- [Jeremiah 21:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/7) — And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city f…
- [Jeremiah 21:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/21/9) — He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Ch…
- [Jeremiah 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/24/10) — And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to…
- [Jeremiah 27:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/27/8) — And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not…
- [Jeremiah 27:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/27/13) — Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that w…
- [Jeremiah 29:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/29/17) — Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, t…
- [Jeremiah 29:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/29/18) — And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms…
- [Jeremiah 32:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/24) — Behold the mounts, they are come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, bec…
- [Jeremiah 32:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/32/36) — And now therefore thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning this city, whereof ye say, It shall be delivered into the hand of the…
- [Jeremiah 34:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/34/17) — Therefore thus saith the LORD; Ye have not hearkened unto me, in proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother, and every man to his neighb…
- [Jeremiah 38:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/2) — Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth t…
- [Jeremiah 38:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/38/9) — My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he…
- [Jeremiah 42:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/16) — Then it shall come to pass, that the sword, which ye feared, shall overtake you there in the land of Egypt, and the famine, whereof ye were…
- [Jeremiah 42:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/17) — So shall it be with all the men that set their faces to go into Egypt to sojourn there; they shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by…
- [Jeremiah 42:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/42/22) — Now therefore know certainly that ye shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, in the place whither ye desire to go and…
- [Jeremiah 44:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/44/12) — And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consum…
- [Jeremiah 44:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/44/13) — For I will punish them that dwell in the land of Egypt, as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence:
- [Jeremiah 44:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/44/18) — But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have…
- [Jeremiah 44:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/44/27) — Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good: and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the…
- [Jeremiah 52:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/52/6) — And in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the famine was sore in the city, so that there was no bread for the people of the l…
- [Lamentations 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/2/19) — Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift up thy hands…
- [Lamentations 4:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/4/9) — They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fru…
- [Lamentations 5:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/5/10) — Our skin was black like an oven because of the terrible famine.
- [Ezekiel 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/12) — A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fal…
- [Ezekiel 5:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/16) — When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I wi…
- [Ezekiel 5:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/5/17) — So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will b…
- [Ezekiel 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/6/11) — Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel…
- [Ezekiel 6:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/6/12) — He that is far off shall die of the pestilence; and he that is near shall fall by the sword; and he that remaineth and is besieged shall di…
- [Ezekiel 7:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/7/15) — The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the cit…
- [Ezekiel 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/12/16) — But I will leave a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations a…
- [Ezekiel 14:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/13) — Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff…
- [Ezekiel 14:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/14/21) — For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome be…
- [Ezekiel 34:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/34/29) — And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land, neither bear the shame of the h…
- [Ezekiel 36:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/29) — I will also save you from all your uncleannesses: and I will call for the corn, and will increase it, and lay no famine upon you.
- [Ezekiel 36:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezekiel/36/30) — And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathe…
- [Amos 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/amos/8/11) — Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hea…