12 occurrences in 9 translations

'Famished' in the Bible

One day, while Jacob was cooking some stew, Esau happened to come in from being outdoors, and he was feeling famished.

Verse ConceptsCooking, Types Of FoodYielding To TemptationVegetablesWeedcookingprepping

and Esau said to Jacob, “Please let me have a swallow of that red stuff there, for I am famished.” Therefore his name was called Edom.

Verse ConceptsYielding To TemptationRequesting FoodRed BodiesPeople With Apt Names

And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.

Verse ConceptsRequesting Food

And the king riseth by night, and saith unto his servants, 'Let me declare, I pray you, to you that which the Aramaeans have done to us; they have known that we are famished, and they are gone out from the camp to be hidden in the field, saying, When they come out from the city, then we catch them alive, and unto the city we enter.'

Verse ConceptsHiding From PeopleDuring One Night

“His strength is famished,And calamity is ready at his side.

Verse ConceptsCynicismWithout Strength

You gave no water to the thirstyand withheld food from the famished,

Verse ConceptsWaterNo FoodFeeding The Poor

A sated man loathes honey,But to a famished man any bitter thing is sweet.

Verse ConceptsHoneyBitter FoodSweetnessMore Than EnoughBitternesshunger

Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

They will wander through the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged, and, looking upward, will curse their king and their God.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

If I send them home hungry, they will collapse on the way, and some of them have come a long distance.”

Verse ConceptsSending people homePeople From Far AwayTired In Activity

Bible Theasaurus

Craving (27 instances)
Famish (2 instances)
Famished (12 instances)
Starve (2 instances)
Starved (3 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
רזה 
Razah 
Usage: 2

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 13

רעב 
Ra`ab 
Usage: 101

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