To hunger
πεινάωStrong’s G3983peinaō
Appears in 23 verses of the New Testament
In short
Peinaō is the Greek word usually translated “hungering”, “was hungry” and “hungered”. It appears in 23 verses of the New Testament.
“And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hungering”, “was hungry” and “hungered”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hungering 5
- he was hungry 4
- hungered 2
- i hungered 2
- is hungry 2
- he became hungry 1
- was hungry 1
- you will hunger 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 9
- Luke 5
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Mark 2
- John 1
- Romans 1
8 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 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?
Greek dictionary
πεινάω peinaō · to hunger
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)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “hunger” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
HUN'GER, noun
- An uneasy sensation occasioned by the want of food; a craving of food by the stomach; craving appetite. hunger is not merely want of food, for persons when sick, may abstain long from eating without hunger or an appetite for food. hunger therefore is the pain or uneasiness of the stomach of a healthy person, when too long destitute of food.
- Any strong or eager desire.
All definitions and other forms of “hunger”
HUN'GER, verb intransitive
To feel the pain or uneasiness which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; to crave food.
- To desire with great eagerness; to long for.“Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness” Matthew 5:6
HUN'GER, verb transitive
To famish. [Not in use.]
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.