KJV dictionary & concordance
Starved for lack of food.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 41:55
Complete exact-word concordance
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said vnto all the Egyptians, Goe vnto Ioseph: what he saith to you, doe.
¶ Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
¶ Therefore my people are gone into captiuitie, because they haue no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, aud their multitude dried vp with thirst.
1611 marginal noteHeb. their glory are men of famine.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Starved; exhausted by want of sustenance.
