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H7458רָעָבra.av

faminePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 24
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. 1
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2
  11. 2
  12. 5
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. 2
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. 2
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 3
  24. 33
  25. 3
  26. 14
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. 2
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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101 occurrences in 88 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Genesis 12:10

    And because there was little food to be had in that land, he went down into Egypt.

    רָעָ֖ב ra.'Av “a famine”הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  2. Genesis 26:1

    Then came a time of great need in the land, like that which had been before in the days of Abraham. And Isaac went to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, at Gerar.

    רָעָב֙ ra.'Av “a famine”הָרָעָ֣ב (רָעָ֣ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  3. Genesis 41:27

    The seven thin and poor-looking cows who came up after them are seven years; and the seven heads of grain, dry and wasted by the east wind, are seven years when there will be no food.

    רָעָֽב׃ ra.'Av “famine”

  4. Genesis 41:30

    And after that will come seven years when there will not be enough food; and the memory of the good years will go from men's minds; and the land will be made waste by the bad years;

    רָעָב֙ ra.'Av “famine”הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  5. Genesis 41:31

    And men will have no memory of the good time because of the need which will come after, for it will be very bitter.

    הָרָעָ֥ב (רָעָ֥ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  6. Genesis 41:36

    And let that food be kept in store for the land till the seven bad years which are to come in Egypt; so that the land may not come to destruction through need of food.

    הָרָעָ֔ב (רָעָ֔ב) ra.'Av “famine”בָּרָעָֽב׃ (רָעָֽב) ra.'Av “famine”

  7. Genesis 41:50

    And before the time of need, Joseph had two sons, to whom Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On, gave birth.

    הָרָעָ֑ב (רָעָ֑ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  8. Genesis 41:54

    Then came the first of the seven years of need as Joseph had said: and in every other land they were short of food; but in the land of Egypt there was bread.

    הָרָעָב֙ (רָעָב֙) ra.'Av “famine”רָעָב֙ ra.'Av “a famine”

  9. Genesis 41:56

    And everywhere on the earth they were short of food; then Joseph, opening all his store-houses, gave the people of Egypt grain for money; so great was the need of food in the land of Egypt.

    וְהָרָעָ֣ב (רָעָ֣ב) ra.'Av “famine”הָֽרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  10. Genesis 41:57

    And all lands sent to Egypt, to Joseph, to get grain, for the need was great over all the earth.

    הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  11. Genesis 42:5

    And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

    הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  12. Genesis 43:1

    And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again and get us a little food.

    וְהָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  13. Genesis 45:6

    For these two years have been years of need, and there are still five more years to come in which there will be no ploughing or cutting of grain.

    הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  14. Genesis 45:11

    And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

    רָעָ֑ב ra.'Av “famine”

  15. Genesis 47:4

    And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

    הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  16. Genesis 47:13

    Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

    הָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”הָרָעָֽב׃ (רָעָֽב) ra.'Av “famine”

  17. Genesis 47:20

    So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.

    הָרָעָ֑ב (רָעָ֑ב) ra.'Av “famine”

  18. Exodus 16:3

    And the children of Israel said to them, It would have been better for the Lord to have put us to death in the land of Egypt, where we were seated by the flesh-pots and had bread enough for our needs; for you have taken us out to this waste of sand, to p

    בָּרָעָֽב׃ (רָעָֽב) ra.'Av “hunger”

  19. Deuteronomy 28:48

    For this cause you will become servants to those whom the Lord your God will send against you, without food and drink and clothing, and in need of all things: and he will put a yoke of iron on your neck till he has put an end to you.

    בְּרָעָ֧ב (רָעָ֧ב) ra.'Av “hunger”

  20. Deuteronomy 32:24

    They will be wasted from need of food, and overcome by burning heat and bitter destruction; and the teeth of beasts I will send on them, with the poison of the worms of the dust.

    רָעָ֛ב ra.'Av “famine”

  21. Ruth 1:1

    Now there came a time, in the days of the judges, when there was no food in the land. And a certain man went from Beth-lehem-judah, he and his wife and his two sons, to make a living-place in the country of Moab.

    רָעָ֖ב ra.'Av “a famine”

  22. 2 Samuel 21:1

    In the days of David they were short of food for three years, year after year; and David went before the Lord for directions. And the Lord said, On Saul and on his family there is blood, because he put the Gibeonites to death.

    רָעָב֩ ra.'Av “a famine”

  23. 2 Samuel 24:13

    So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of v

    רָעָ֣ב׀ ra.'Av “famine”

  24. 1 Kings 8:37

    If there is no food in the land, or if there is disease, or if the fruits of the earth are damaged through heat or water, locust or worm; if their towns are shut in by their attackers; whatever trouble, whatever disease there may be:

    רָעָ֞ב ra.'Av “famine”

  25. 1 Kings 18:2

    So Elijah went to let Ahab see him. Now there was no food to be had in Samaria.

    וְהָרָעָ֖ב (רָעָ֖ב) ra.'Av “famine”