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hungry

Meaning of “hungry”

Feeling need or desire for food; lacking food.

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30 occurrences29 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 2:5

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1 Samuel 2:5
They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:5 · retained source text

They that were full, haue hired out themselues for bread: and they that were hungry, ceased: so that the barren hath borne seuen, and she that hath many children, is waxed feeble.

2 Samuel 17:29
And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Samuel 17:29 · retained source text

And honie, and butter, and sheepe, and cheese of kine for Dauid, and for the people that were with him, to eate: for they said, The people is hungrie, and wearie, and thirstie in the wildernesse.

2 Kings 7:12
¶ And the king arose in the night, and said unto his servants, I will now shew you what the Syrians have done to us. They know that we be hungry; therefore are they gone out of the camp to hide themselves in the field, saying, When they come out of the city, we shall catch them alive, and get into the city.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:12 · retained source text

¶ And the king arose in the night, and said vnto his seruants, I will now shew you what the Syrians haue done to vs: They know that we be hungrie, therefore are they gone out of the camp, to hide themselues in the field, saying; When they come out of the citie, we shal catch them aliue, and get into the citie.

Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 5:5 · retained source text

Whose haruest the hungry eateth vp, and taketh it euen out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth vp their substance.

Job 22:7
Thou hast not given water to the weary to drink, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 22:7 · retained source text

Thou hast not giuen water to the wearie to drinke, and thou hast withholden bread from the hungry.

Job 24:10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:10 · retained source text

They cause him to go naked without clothing: and they take away the sheafe from the hungry,

Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 50:12 · retained source text

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fulnesse thereof.

1611 marginal noteExod. 19.5. deut. 10.14. psal. 24.1.

1611 marginal noteIob 41. 2. 1.cor.10.23,26.

Psalms 107:9
For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 107:9 · retained source text

For he satisfieth the longing soule: and filleth the hungry soule with goodnesse.

Psalms 107:36
And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 107:36 · retained source text

And there he maketh the hungry to dwell; that they may prepare a citie for habitation,

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