7 occurrences

'Famished' in the Bible

When Jacob had cooked stew, Esau came in from the field and he was 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

So when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried out to Pharaoh for bread; and Pharaoh said to all the Egyptians, “Go to Joseph; whatever he says to you, you shall do.”

Verse ConceptsRequesting Food

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

Verse ConceptsCynicismWithout Strength

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

Verse ConceptsHoneyBitter FoodSweetnessMore Than EnoughBitternesshunger

Therefore My people go into exile for their lack of knowledge;And their honorable men are famished,And their multitude is parched with thirst.

Verse ConceptsDangers Of IgnorancePoverty, SpiritualSuffering, Causes OfPeople Exiled

They will pass through the land hard-pressed and famished, and it will turn out that when they are hungry, they will be enraged and curse their king and their God as they face upward.

Verse ConceptsBlasphemy, At GodPhysical HungerAnguish, CauseBeggingCursing God

Bible Theasaurus

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

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