Strong's Concordance peinaó: to hunger, be hungry Original Word: πεινάωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: peinaó Phonetic Spelling: (pi-nah'-o) Short Definition: I am hungry, needy Definition: I am hungry, needy, desire earnestly. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3983: πεινάωπεινάω, πείνω, infinitive πεινᾶν (Philippians 4:12); future πεινάσω (Luke 6:25; Revelation 7:16); 1 aorist ἐπείνασα — for the earlier forms πεινην, πεινήσω, ἐπείνησα; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 61 and 204; Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; (Buttmann, 37 (32); 44 (38)); see also διψάω; (from πεινᾷ hunger; (see πένης)); from Homer down; the Sept. for רָעֵב; to hunger, be hungry; a. properly: Matthew 4:2; Matthew 12:1, 3; Matthew 21:18; Matthew 25:35, 37, 42, 44; Mark 2:25; Mark 11:12; Luke 4:2; Luke 6:3, 25; equivalent to to suffer want, Romans 12:20; 1 Corinthians 11:21, 34; to be needy, Luke 1:53; Luke 6:21; Philippians 4:12; in this same sense it is joined with δίψαν, 1 Corinthians 4:11; in figurative discourse, οὐ πεινᾶν καί οὐ δίψαν is used to describe the condition of one who is in need of nothing requisite for his real (spiritual) life and salvation, John 6:35; Revelation 7:16. b. metaphorically, to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire: with the accusative of the thing, τήν δικαιοσύνην, Matthew 5:6 (in the better Greek authors with a genitive as χρημάτων, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 39; συμμαχων, 7, 5, 50; ἐπαινου, oec. 13, 9; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 10, b. at the end; (Buttmann, § 131, 4); Kuinoel on Matthew 5:6, and see διψάω, 2). From the same as penes (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave -- be an hungered. see GREEK penes Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 398323 Occurrences ἐπείνασα — 2 Occ. ἐπείνασαν — 1 Occ. ἐπείνασεν — 7 Occ. πεινᾷ — 3 Occ. πεινᾷν — 1 Occ. πεινάσῃ — 1 Occ. πεινάσετε — 1 Occ. πεινάσουσιν — 1 Occ. πεινῶμεν — 1 Occ. πεινῶντα — 2 Occ. πεινῶντας — 1 Occ. πεινῶντες — 2 Occ. Matthew 4:2 V-AIA-3S GRK: τεσσεράκοντα ὕστερον ἐπείνασεν NAS: nights, He then became hungry. KJV: nights, he was afterward an hungred. INT: forty afterward he hungered Matthew 5:6 V-PPA-NMP Matthew 12:1 V-AIA-3P Matthew 12:3 V-AIA-3S Matthew 21:18 V-AIA-3S Matthew 25:35 V-AIA-1S Matthew 25:37 V-PPA-AMS Matthew 25:42 V-AIA-1S Matthew 25:44 V-PPA-AMS Mark 2:25 V-AIA-3S Mark 11:12 V-AIA-3S Luke 1:53 V-PPA-AMP Luke 4:2 V-AIA-3S Luke 6:3 V-AIA-3S Luke 6:21 V-PPA-NMP Luke 6:25 V-FIA-2P John 6:35 V-ASA-3S Romans 12:20 V-PSA-3S 1 Corinthians 4:11 V-PIA-1P 1 Corinthians 11:21 V-PIA-3S 1 Corinthians 11:34 V-PIA-3S Philippians 4:12 V-PNA Revelation 7:16 V-FIA-3P |