רְעָבוֹן
reavon · famine
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7459 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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reavon (רְעָבוֹן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “famine”.
Scarcity of food.
How to say it
re·a·von
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Hunger, lack of food.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- hunger ×2
- famine ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Genesis 42:19
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be held prisoner in the house where you are held, and you go, take grain for the hunger of your households.
- Genesis 42:33
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the hunger of your households and go.
- Psalms 37:19
They will not be ashamed in the time of evil, and in the days of famine they will be satisfied.