רְעָבוֹןrᵉʻâbôwn
hunger, lack of food, famine (Genesis 42:19; Genesis 42:33; Psalms 37:19)
Pronunciation: reh-aw-bone' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7459
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 42:19 If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may go home with grain for your starving families.
- Genesis 42:33 “Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take grain for your starving families and go on home.
- Psalms 37:19 They will not be disgraced in hard times; even in famine they will have more than enough.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).