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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hungered

The Bible

Bible Usage:

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  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: No

Strongs Concordance:

 

Naves Topical Index
Hunger

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hunger

HUN'GER, noun

1. An uneasy sensation occasioned by the want of food; a craving of food by the stomach; craving appetite. hunger is not merely want of food, for persons when sick, may abstain long from eating without hunger or an appetite for food. hunger therefore is the pain or uneasiness of the stomach of a healthy person, when too long destitute of food.

2. Any strong or eager desire.

For hunger of my gold I die.

HUN'GER, verb intransitive To feel the pain or uneasiness which is occasioned by long abstinence from food; to crave food.

1. To desire with great eagerness; to long for.

Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness. Matthew 5:6.

HUN'GER, verb transitive To famish. [Not in use.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hunger-bit

HUN'GER-BIT

HUN'GER-BITTEN, adjective Pained, pinched or weakened by hunger.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hungering

HUN'GERING, participle present tense Feeling the uneasiness of want of food; desiring eagerly; longing for; craving.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hungerly

HUN'GERLY, adjective Hungry; wanting food or nourishment.

HUN'GERLY, adverb With keen appetite. [Little used.]


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Hunger-starved

HUN'GER-ST'ARVED, adjective Starved with hunger; pinched by want of food.