- Original: רעב - Transliteration: Ra`eb - Phonetic: raw-abe' - Definition: 1. to be hungry, be voracious a. (Qal) to be hungry b. (Hiphil) to allow one to be hungry, allow to hunger - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 2183 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to hunger: - (suffer to) famish (be have suffer suffer to) hunger (-ry). Total KJV Occurrences: 13 • famish, 1 Proverbs 10:3 • famished, 1 Genesis 41:55 • hunger, 5 Deuteronomy 8:3; Psalm 34:10; Proverbs 19:15; Isaiah 49:10; Jeremiah 42:14 • hungry, 6 Psalm 50:12; Proverbs 6:30; Isaiah 8:21; Isaiah 9:20; Isaiah 44:12; Isaiah 65:13