Hunger (Noun and Verb), Hungered, Hungry
Hunger (Noun and Verb), Hungered, Hungry
has the meanings “famine” and “hunger;” “hunger” in Luk 15:17; 2Co 11:27; in Rev 6:8, RV “famine” (AV, “hunger”). See FAMINE.
“to hunger, be hungry, hungered,” is used (a) literally, e.g., Mat 4:2; Mat 12:1; Mat 21:18; Rom 12:20; 1Co 11:21, 1Co 11:34; Phi 4:12; Rev 7:16; Christ identifies Himself with His saints in speaking of Himself as suffering in their sufferings in this and other respects, Mat 25:35, Mat 25:42; (b) metaphorically, Mat 5:6; Luk 6:21, Luk 6:25; Joh 6:35.
signifies “hungry” (pros, “intensive,” peina, “hunger”), Act 10:10, AV, “very hungry,” RV, “hungry.”