- Original: πεινάω
- Transliteration: Peinao
- Phonetic: pi-nah'-o
- Definition:
1. to hunger, be hungry
a. to suffer want
b. to be needy
2. metaph. to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire
- Origin: from the same as
G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; pine)
- TDNT entry: 06:12,8
- Part(s) of speech: Verb
- Strong's: From the same as
G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; pine); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.
Total KJV Occurrences: 12
• hunger, 4
Romans 12:20;
1 Corinthians 4:11;
1 Corinthians 11:34;
Revelation 7:16
• hungered, 2
Mat 21:18;
Luke 4:2
• hungry, 6
Mat 4:2; Mat 12:1; Mar 11:12;
Luke 1:53;
1 Corinthians 11:21;
Philippians 4:12