Strong's 3983: πεινάω
πεινάω,
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).
Strong's Greek: 3983. πεινάω (peinaó) — 23 Occurrences
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
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες καὶ διψῶντες
NAS: are those who hunger and thirst
KJV: [are] they which do hunger and
INT: Blessed they who hunger and thirst for
Matthew 12:1 - V-AIA-3P
GRK: μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ ἐπείνασαν καὶ ἤρξαντο
NAS: and His disciples became hungry and began
KJV: disciples were an hungred, and
INT: [the] disciples of him were hungry and began
Matthew 12:3 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν καὶ οἱ
NAS: when he became hungry, he and his companions,
KJV: when he was an hungred, and they
INT: David when he hungered and those
Matthew 21:18 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: τὴν πόλιν ἐπείνασεν
NAS: to the city, He became hungry.
KJV: into the city, he hungered.
INT: the city he hungered
Matthew 25:35 - V-AIA-1S
GRK: ἐπείνασα γὰρ καὶ
NAS: For I was hungry, and you gave
KJV: For I was an hungred, and ye gave
INT: I hungered indeed and
Matthew 25:37 - V-PPA-AMS
GRK: σε εἴδομεν πεινῶντα καὶ ἐθρέψαμεν
NAS: did we see You hungry, and feed
KJV: saw we thee an hungred, and fed
INT: you saw we hungering and fed [you]
Matthew 25:42 - V-AIA-1S
GRK: ἐπείνασα γὰρ καὶ
NAS: for I was hungry, and you gave
KJV: For I was an hungred, and ye gave
INT: I hungered indeed and
Matthew 25:44 - V-PPA-AMS
GRK: σε εἴδομεν πεινῶντα ἢ διψῶντα
NAS: did we see You hungry, or
KJV: saw we thee an hungred, or athirst,
INT: you saw we hungering or thirsting
Mark 2:25 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἔσχεν καὶ ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ
NAS: and he and his companions became hungry;
KJV: need, and was an hungred, he, and
INT: he had and hungered he and
Mark 11:12 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: ἀπὸ Βηθανίας ἐπείνασεν
NAS: Bethany, He became hungry.
KJV: from Bethany, he was hungry:
INT: from Bethany he hungered
Luke 1:53 - V-PPA-AMP
GRK: πεινῶντας ἐνέπλησεν ἀγαθῶν
NAS: HE HAS FILLED THE HUNGRY WITH GOOD THINGS;
KJV: He hath filled the hungry with good things;
INT: [the] hungry he filled with good things
Luke 4:2 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: συντελεσθεισῶν αὐτῶν ἐπείνασεν
NAS: and when they had ended, He became hungry.
KJV: were ended, he afterward hungered.
INT: having ended they he hungered
Luke 6:3 - V-AIA-3S
GRK: Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ
NAS: when he was hungry, he and those
KJV: himself was an hungred, and
INT: David when he hungered himself and
Luke 6:21 - V-PPA-NMP
GRK: μακάριοι οἱ πεινῶντες νῦν ὅτι
NAS: Blessed [are] you who hunger now,
KJV: Blessed [are ye] that hunger now: for
INT: Blessed [you] who hunger now for
Luke 6:25 - V-FIA-2P
GRK: νῦν ὅτι πεινάσετε οὐαί οἱ
NAS: now, for you shall be hungry. Woe
KJV: for ye shall hunger. Woe
INT: now for you will hunger Woe to you who
John 6:35 - V-ASA-3S
GRK: οὐ μὴ πεινάσῃ καὶ ὁ
NAS: he who comes to Me will not hunger, and he who believes
KJV: shall never hunger; and
INT: never not might hunger and he that
Romans 12:20 - V-PSA-3S
GRK: ἀλλὰ ἐὰν πεινᾷ ὁ ἐχθρός
NAS: YOUR ENEMY IS HUNGRY, FEED
KJV: thine enemy hunger, feed him;
INT: but If should hunger the enemy
1 Corinthians 4:11 - V-PIA-1P
GRK: ὥρας καὶ πεινῶμεν καὶ διψῶμεν
NAS: we are both hungry and thirsty,
KJV: we both hunger, and thirst,
INT: hour both we hunger and thirst
1 Corinthians 11:21 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: ὃς μὲν πεινᾷ ὃς δὲ
NAS: and one is hungry and another
KJV: and one is hungry, and another
INT: one indeed is hungry one moreover
1 Corinthians 11:34 - V-PIA-3S
GRK: εἴ τις πεινᾷ ἐν οἴκῳ
NAS: anyone is hungry, let him eat
KJV: And if any man hunger, let him eat at
INT: if anyone be hungry at home
Philippians 4:12 - V-PNA
GRK: χορτάζεσθαι καὶ πεινᾷν καὶ περισσεύειν
NAS: of being filled and going hungry, both
KJV: and to be hungry, both
INT: to be full both to hunger and to abound
Revelation 7:16 - V-FIA-3P
GRK: οὐ πεινάσουσιν ἔτι οὐδὲ
NAS: They will hunger no longer,
KJV: They shall hunger no more,
INT: not they will hunger any more neither
