Strong G3983πεινάω
to hunger
- Transliteration
- peinaō
- Pronunciation
- pi-nah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; pine); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.
Detailed definition
πεινάω, -ῶ
[in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב;]
to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21, 25, Jhn.6:35.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב;]
to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20" (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21, 25, Jhn.6:35.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3983 appears in 23 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hunger10
- hungred9
- be4
- he1
- hungry1
- shall1
- we1
First verses
- Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
- Matthew 5:6Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
- Matthew 12:1At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.
- Matthew 12:3But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him;
- Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.
- Matthew 25:35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
- Matthew 25:37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
- Matthew 25:42For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Mark 2:25And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him?
- Mark 11:12And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:
- Luke 1:53He hath filled the hungry with good things; and the rich he hath sent empty away.
- Luke 4:2Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
- Luke 6:3And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
- Luke 6:21Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
- Luke 6:25Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
- John 6:35And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst.
- Romans 12:20Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
- 1 Corinthians 4:11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
- 1 Corinthians 11:21For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πειν-άω,
forms in αε contraction into η not ᾱ (as in διψάω,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 42))], πεινῇς, -ῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1270)]; infinitive πεινῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 441, “Pl.” 595, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 496c)]; Epic dialect πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.137 (only here in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”))]: imperfect ἐπείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.15)]: future πεινήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 539, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.17)]; later πεινάσω [ᾱ] [LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.24.21, +others, NT.Rev.7.16)]: aorist ἐπείνησα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.39, ἐπείνᾱσα LXX.Gen.41.55, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 50, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 62, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.6)]: perfect πεπείνηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 606a)]: later we find the contraction of αε into ᾱ, ἐπείνας, πεινᾷ, -ᾶν, [LXX+NT (LXX.Deu.25.18, NT.Rom.12.20, etc.)]: (πεῖνἀ):—to be hungry, πεινάων, of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.25; λέοντε.. ἄμφω πεινάοντε 16.758; λέοντα.. μέγα πεινάοντα 18.162)]; κακῶς π. to be starved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 14; π. βάδην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 535)]; thrice in Trag., πεινῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 199; πεινῶντι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 895, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 25; πεινᾶντι δὲ μηδὲ ποτένθῃς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.148: _metaphorically_, πεινῆν φασι τὴν γῆν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.6.2.)]
II with genitive, hunger after, σίτου δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἔφη πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.137.)]
II.2 metaphorically, hunger, crave after, χρημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.39, etc.; ἐπαίνου [prev. author] “Oec.” 13.9)]; simply, to be in want of, lack, πεινῶντες ἀγαθῶν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521a; μάλα π. συμμάχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.50, etc.: later with _accusative_, οἱ π. καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην NT.Matt.5.6)]. [ᾱ in un contraction forms in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus With this the _Doric dialect_ contractions δια-πεινᾶμες (see. διαπεινάω) and πεινᾶντι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus)] [same place], and the Attic dialect contractions (-η- from -ηε-) agree; but πεινῶντι Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural present indicative in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.23)] codices points to -ᾰοντι.]
forms in αε contraction into η not ᾱ (as in διψάω,[Refs 2nd c.AD+ (compare 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 42))], πεινῇς, -ῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1270)]; infinitive πεινῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Nu.” 441, “Pl.” 595, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 496c)]; Epic dialect πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.137 (only here in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”))]: imperfect ἐπείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.2.15)]: future πεινήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 539, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.17)]; later πεινάσω [ᾱ] [LXX+NT (LXX.Sir.24.21, +others, NT.Rev.7.16)]: aorist ἐπείνησα [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.39, ἐπείνᾱσα LXX.Gen.41.55, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “epigram” 50, 5th-4th c.BC: Aesopus Fabularum Scriptor 62, 3rd c.AD: Pseudo-Callisthenes Historicus 3.6)]: perfect πεπείνηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 606a)]: later we find the contraction of αε into ᾱ, ἐπείνας, πεινᾷ, -ᾶν, [LXX+NT (LXX.Deu.25.18, NT.Rom.12.20, etc.)]: (πεῖνἀ):—to be hungry, πεινάων, of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.25; λέοντε.. ἄμφω πεινάοντε 16.758; λέοντα.. μέγα πεινάοντα 18.162)]; κακῶς π. to be starved, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.13, 14; π. βάδην 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 535)]; thrice in Trag., πεινῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 199; πεινῶντι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 895, 5th c.BC: Achaeus Tragicus 25; πεινᾶντι δὲ μηδὲ ποτένθῃς 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.148: _metaphorically_, πεινῆν φασι τὴν γῆν 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 8.6.2.)]
II with genitive, hunger after, σίτου δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἔφη πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.137.)]
II.2 metaphorically, hunger, crave after, χρημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.39, etc.; ἐπαίνου [prev. author] “Oec.” 13.9)]; simply, to be in want of, lack, πεινῶντες ἀγαθῶν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 521a; μάλα π. συμμάχων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.50, etc.: later with _accusative_, οἱ π. καὶ διψῶντες τὴν δικαιοσύνην NT.Matt.5.6)]. [ᾱ in un contraction forms in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus With this the _Doric dialect_ contractions δια-πεινᾶμες (see. διαπεινάω) and πεινᾶντι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus)] [same place], and the Attic dialect contractions (-η- from -ηε-) agree; but πεινῶντι Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural present indicative in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.23)] codices points to -ᾰοντι.]