Hunger and Famine

Tener hambre; experimentar hambre física o anhelar algo profundamente, usado en sentido figurado para el anhelo espiritual.

Hambriento, famélico — describe a personas necesitadas de alimento, frecuentemente emparejado con 'sediento' o 'agotado' en contextos de justicia y mi

Tener hambre, pasar hambre (Qal intransitivo); causar hambre, hacer pasar hambre (Hifil causativo). רָעֵב (ra'ev) es el verbo principal de la Biblia h

νῆστις, genitive ιος or ιδος, ὁ and ἡ (see. below); also dative νήστει Refs 5th c.BC+: (νη-, ἔδω):—not eating, fasting, of persons, ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν νήστιας, ἀκμήνους NT+8th c.BC+ over the hungry sand, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 with an abstract substantive, frequently in Refs 4th c.BC+famine, Refs; νήστισιν αἰκίαις the pains of hunger, Pr.Refs; νήστιδες δύαι Refs; also νῆστις ὀσμή the bad breath of one fasting, Refs 5th c.BC+ __3 active, causing hunger, starving, πνοαὶ νήστιδες Refs 4th c.BC+ __II as substantive, νῆστις, ἡ, accusative νῆστιν Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.1 the intestinum jejunum, from its always being found empty, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.2 ν. κεστρεύς, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, Refs 5th c.BC+: hence in Comedy texts, of 'empty bellies', ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποτρέχω Refs 2nd c.AD+ __II.3 Νῆστις, ἡ, ={ὕδωρ}, Refs 5th c.BC+

† בַּצֹּרֶת n.f. dearth (cf. foll.), שְׁנַת בּ׳ Je 17:8.

ἄσῑτ-ος, ον, without food, fasting, Refs 8th c.BC+. adverb -ωςLXX __II of forbidden food, εὐωχία ἄ.Refs 1st c.AD+

πρόσπεινος, ον, (πεῖνα) hungry, NT+1st c.AD+

† [יֶ֫שַׁח] n.[m.]? emptiness (of hunger), meaning conjectured from context; Mi 6:14 וְיֶשְׁחֲךָ בְּקִרְבֶּ֑ךָ (‖ תאכל ולא תִשְׂבָּ֔ע).

† [כָּפַן] vb. be hungry, hunger, perhaps also hungrily desire (Aramaic loan-word; cf. Aramaic כְּפֵין, כְּפַן, ܟܦܶܢ be hungry; Arabic كَفَنَ is spin wool, wrap a corpse in the shroud);—only Qal Pf. 3 fs. כָּֽפְנָה עַל Ez 17:7 (si vera l.) this vine stretched its roots hungrily toward (‖ שִׁלְּחָה לְ).