πεινάωpeináō
"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
Greek (New Testament) · G3983
Meanings
to hunger, be hungry: Matthew 4:2, Matthew 12:1, Matthew 12:3, Matthew 21:18, Matthew 25:35, Matthew 25:37, Matthew 25:42, Matthew 25:44, Mark 2:25, Mark 11:12, Luke 1:53, Luke 4:2, Luke 6:3, Romans 12:20(LXX), 1 Corinthians 4:11, 1 Corinthians 11:21, 1 Corinthians 11:34, Philippians 4:12, Revelation 7:16; metaphorically, Matthew 5:6, Luke 6:21, Luke 6:25, John 6:35.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 23 times in the Bible.
- Matthew 4:2 For forty days and forty nights he fasted and became very hungry.
- Matthew 5:6 God blesses those who hunger and thirst for justice, for they will be satisfied.
- Matthew 12:1 At about that time Jesus was walking through some grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry, so they began breaking off some heads of grain and eating them.
- Matthew 12:3 Jesus said to them, “Haven’t you read in the Scriptures what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
- Matthew 21:18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,
- Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.