69 occurrences in 12 translations

'Hungry' in the Bible

And when all the land of Egypt was hungry the people cried out to Pharaoh for food. And Pharaoh said to all the land of Egypt, "Go to Joseph; what he says to you, you must do."

If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

"Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

He humbled you by letting you go hungry; then He gave you manna to eat, which you and your fathers had not known, so that you might learn that man does not live on bread alone but on every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

His servant said, “How am I to set [only] this before a hundred [hungry] men?” He said, “Give it to the people so that they may eat, for thus says the Lord, ‘They shall eat and have some left.’”

And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.

Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.

Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

They scavenge for food. If they find nothing, they become hungry and growl.

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;

A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry.

The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Therefore my people go into exile because they lack understanding; my honored men go hungry, and the crowd is parched with thirst.

And they shall pass through it, hardly bestead and hungry: and it shall come to pass, that when they shall be hungry, they shall fret themselves, and curse their king and their God, and look upward.

And he shall snatch on the right hand, and be hungry; and he shall eat on the left hand, and they shall not be satisfied: they shall eat every man the flesh of his own arm:

It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.

For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.

They will not be hungry or thirsty; the sun's oppressive heat will not beat down on them, for one who has compassion on them will guide them; he will lead them to springs of water.

The one who suffers will soon be released; he will not die in prison, he will not go hungry.

And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed:

saying, No; but the land of Egypt we enter, that we see no war, and the sound of a trumpet do not hear, and for bread be not hungry; and there do we dwell.

Those killed with the swordAre more fortunate than those killed with hunger;For the hungry pine and ebb away,For the lack of the fruits of the field.

And hath not oppressed any, but hath restored to the debtor his pledge, hath spoiled none by violence, hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment;

Neither hath oppressed any, hath not withholden the pledge, neither hath spoiled by violence, but hath given his bread to the hungry, and hath covered the naked with a garment,

Her princes are as fierce as roaring lions; her rulers are as hungry as wolves in the desert, who completely devour their prey by morning.

At that time Jesus passed through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick and eat some heads of grain.

Now Jesus summoned His disciples and said, “I have compassion on the crowd, because they’ve already stayed with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away hungry; otherwise they might collapse on the way.”

Early in the morning, as He was returning to the city, He was hungry.

“Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?

For I was hungryand you gave Me nothing to eat;I was thirstyand you gave Me nothing to drink;

“Then they too will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or without clothes, or sick, or in prison, and not help You?’

He said to them, “Have you never read what David and those who were with him did when he was in need and hungry

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they'll faint on the road. Some of them have come a long distance."

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

Jesus answered them, “Haven’t you read what David and those who were with him did when he was hungry

You who are now hungry are blessed,because you will be filled.You who now weep are blessed,because you will laugh.

Woe to you who are now full,for you will be hungry.Woe to you who are now laughing,for you will mourn and weep.

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

For in eating every one taketh before other his own supper: and one is hungry, and another is drunken.

If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you gather together you will not come under judgment. And I will give instructions about the other matters whenever I come.

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.

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πεινάω 
Peinao 
hunger , be an hungred , be hungry , hungry
Usage: 12

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 13

רעב 
Ra`eb 
Usage: 19

πρόσπεινος 
Prospeinos 
Usage: 1

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