'Famine' in the Bible

But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

And coming to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have abundance of bread, and I perish here by famine.