22 occurrences

'Hungry' in the Bible

At that particular time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath, and His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.

He said to them, “Have you not read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who accompanied him—

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].”

Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back 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 hungry, and you gave Me nothing to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave Me nothing to drink;

Then they also [in their turn] will answer, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry, or thirsty, or as a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was in need and was hungry, he and his companions;

If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.”

On the next day, when they had left Bethany, He was hungry.

Jesus replied to them, “Have you not even read [in the Scriptures] what David did when he was hungry, he and those who were with him—

but he became hungry and wanted something to eat. While the meal was being prepared he fell into a trance;

To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are continually poorly dressed, and we are roughly treated, and wander homeless.

for when you eat, each one hurries to get his own supper first [not waiting for others or the poor]. So one goes hungry while another gets drunk.

If anyone is too hungry [to wait], let him eat at home, so that you will not come together for judgment [on yourselves]. About the remaining matters [of which I was informed], I will take care of them when I come.

I know how to get along and live humbly [in difficult times], and I also know how to enjoy abundance and live in prosperity. In any and every circumstance I have learned the secret [of facing life], whether well-fed or going hungry, whether having an abundance or being in need.

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Definition
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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