Genesis 12:10
And there was a famine in the land: and Abram went down into Egypt to sojourn there; for the famine was grievous in the land.
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Famine
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Revelation 18:8
Therefore shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine; and she shall be utterly burned with fire: for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her.
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32 occurrences in 29 verses.
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11 verses
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22 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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22 verses
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11 verses
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21 verses
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11 verses
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רָעָב
râʻâb · raw-awb'
87 times translated as this KJV form101 total Strong's occurrences
hunger (more or less extensive)
Strong's KJV usage: dearth, famine, famished, hunger.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 12:10Strong's last: Amos 8:11
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limós · lee-mos'
4 times translated as this KJV form12 total Strong's occurrences
a scarcity of food
Strong's KJV usage: :--dearth, famine, hunger.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 4:25Strong's last: Revelation 18:8
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rᵉʻâbôwn · reh-aw-bone'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
famine
Strong's KJV usage: famine.
Strong's first: Genesis 42:19Strong's last: Psalms 37:19
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kâphân · kaw-fawn'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
hunger (as making to stoop with emptiness and pain)
Strong's KJV usage: famine.
Strong's first: Job 5:22Strong's last: Job 30:3
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H7458
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
H7458
Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD:
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famine
FAM'INE, noun [Latin fames.]
1. Scarcity of food; dearth; a general want of provisions sufficient for the inhabitants of a country or besieged place.
There was a famine in the land. Genesis 26:1.
2. Want; destitution; as a famine of the word of life.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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