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hunger

Meaning of “hunger”

Sense 1: The bodily craving or need for food. Sense 2: As a verb, to feel that need or earnestly desire.

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24 occurrences24 verses16 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 16:3

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Lamentations 2:19
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Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Lamentations 2:19 · retained source text

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches powre out thine heart like water before the face of the LORD: lift vp thy handes toward him, for the life of thy yong children, that faint for hunger in the top of euery streete.

Lamentations 4:9
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They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Lamentations 4:9 · retained source text

They that bee slaine with the sword, are better then they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

1611 marginal noteHeb. flow out.

Complete reference index — all 24 verses
Exodus 16:3Deuteronomy 8:3Deuteronomy 28:48Deuteronomy 32:24Nehemiah 9:15Psalms 34:10Proverbs 19:15Isaiah 49:10Jeremiah 38:9Jeremiah 42:14Lamentations 2:19Lamentations 4:9Ezekiel 34:29Matthew 5:6Luke 6:21Luke 6:25Luke 15:17John 6:35Romans 12:201 Corinthians 4:111 Corinthians 11:342 Corinthians 11:27Revelation 6:8Revelation 7:16

Where “hunger” appears

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Exodus1 occurrence
1 verseDeuteronomy3 occurrences
3 versesNehemiah1 occurrence
1 versePsalms1 occurrence
1 verseProverbs1 occurrence
1 verseIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah2 occurrences
2 versesLamentations2 occurrences
2 versesEzekiel1 occurrence
1 verseMatthew1 occurrence
1 verseLuke3 occurrences
3 versesJohn1 occurrence
1 verseRomans1 occurrence
1 verse1 Corinthians2 occurrences
2 verses2 Corinthians1 occurrence
1 verseRevelation2 occurrences
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