πεινάω peináō

Meaning

"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave

In the King James Version: be an hungered

Derivation: from the same as G3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil;

Where it is used

• Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
• Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
• Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
• Matthew 12:3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
• Matthew 21:18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
• Matthew 25:35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
• Matthew 25:37 Then the righteous will answer Him, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You something to drink?
• Matthew 25:42 For I was hungry and you gave Me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave Me nothing to drink,
• Matthew 25:44 And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
• Mark 2:25 Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
• Mark 11:12 The next day, when they had left Bethany, Jesus was hungry.
• Luke 1:53 He has filled the hungry with good things, but has sent the rich away empty.
• Luke 4:2 where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
• Luke 6:3 Jesus replied, “Have you not read what David did when he and his companions were hungry?
• Luke 6:21 Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
• Luke 6:25 Woe to you who are well fed now, for you will hunger. Woe to you who laugh now, for you will mourn and weep.
• John 6:35 Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.
• Romans 12:20 On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.”
• 1 Corinthians 4:11 To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.
• 1 Corinthians 11:21 For as you eat, each of you goes ahead without sharing his meal. While one remains hungry, another gets drunk.
• 1 Corinthians 11:34 If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
• Philippians 4:12 I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.
• Revelation 7:16 ‘Never again will they hunger, and never will they thirst; nor will the sun beat down upon them, nor any scorching heat.’