King James Bible Dictionary - Strongs Number

G3983 - Hunger

Strong's No.:	G3983

Greek:	πεινάω

Transliteration:	peinaō

Phonetic:	pi-nah'-o

Word Origin:	From the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil

Bible Usage:	be an hungered.

Part of Speech:	Verb

Strongs Definition:	pine); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave

Thayers Definition:	1. to hunger, be hungry a. to suffer want b. to be needy 2. metaph. to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire

Bible References: Hunger	Mat 5:6 Luke 6:21 Luke 6:25 John 6:35 Rom 12:20 1 Cor 4:11 1 Cor 11:34 Rev 7:16

Translation Occurrences:	hunger ( 8 ) hungered ( 2 ) hungry ( 13 )

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.