- Original: רעב - Transliteration: Ra`ab - Phonetic: raw-awb' - Definition: 1. famine, hunger a. famine (in land, nation) 1. of Jehovah's word (fig) b. hunger (of individuals) - Origin: from H7456 - TWOT entry: 2183a - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H7456 ; hunger (more or less extensive): - dearth famine + famished hunger. Total KJV Occurrences: 101 • dearth, 5 Genesis 41:54(2); 2 Kings 4:38; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Nehemiah 5:3 • famine, 87 Genesis 12:10(2); Genesis 26:1(2); Genesis 41:27; Genesis 41:30(2); Genesis 41:31; Genesis 41:36(2); Genesis 41:50; Genesis 41:56(2); Genesis 41:57; Genesis 42:5; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 45:6; Genesis 45:11; Genesis 47:4; Genesis 47:13(2); Genesis 47:20; Ruth 1:1; 2 Samuel 21:1; 2 Samuel 24:13; 1 Kings 8:37; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 6:25; 2 Kings 7:4; 2 Kings 8:1; 2 Kings 25:3; 1 Chronicles 21:12; 2 Chronicles 20:9; 2 Chronicles 32:11; Job 5:20; Psalm 33:19; Psalm 105:16; Isaiah 14:30; Isaiah 51:19; Jeremiah 5:12; Jeremiah 11:22; Jeremiah 14:12; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 14:15(2); Jeremiah 14:16; Jeremiah 14:18; Jeremiah 15:2(2); Jeremiah 16:4; Jeremiah 18:21; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 27:8; Jeremiah 27:13; Jeremiah 29:17; Jeremiah 29:18; Jeremiah 32:24; Jeremiah 32:36; Jeremiah 34:17; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 42:16; Jeremiah 42:17; Jeremiah 42:22; Jeremiah 44:12(2); Jeremiah 44:13; Jeremiah 44:18; Jeremiah 44:27; Jeremiah 52:6; Lamentations 5:10; Ezekiel 5:12; Ezekiel 5:16(2); Ezekiel 5:17; Ezekiel 6:11; Ezekiel 6:12; Ezekiel 7:15(2); Ezekiel 12:16; Ezekiel 14:13; Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 36:29; Ezekiel 36:30; Amos 8:11(2) • famished, 1 Isaiah 5:13 • hunger, 8 Exodus 16:3; Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy 32:24; Nehemiah 9:15; Jeremiah 38:9; Lamentations 2:19; Lamentations 4:9; Ezekiel 34:29