to hunger

Greek Verb

πεινάω, -ῶ [in LXX chiefly for = רָעֵב;] to hunger, be hungry: Mat.4:2 12:1, 3 21:18 25:35, 37 25:42, 44, Mrk.2:25 11:12, Luk.1:53 4:2 6:3, Rom.12:20 " (LXX), 1Co.4:11 11:21 11:34 Php.4:12, Rev.7:16; metaphorically, Mat.5:6, Luk.6:21, 25, Jhn.6:35. (AS)

to hunger

Greek Verb

πειν-άω, forms in αε contraction into η not ᾱ (as in διψάω,[Refs 2nd c.AD+], πεινῇς, -ῇ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; infinitive πεινῆν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]: imperfect ἐπείνων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future πεινήσω [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later πεινάσω [ᾱ] [LXX+NT]: aorist ἐπείνησα [LXX+5th c.BC+]: perfect πεπείνηκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: later we find the contraction of αε into ᾱ, ἐπείνας, πεινᾷ, -ᾶν, [LXX+NT]: (πεῖνἀ):—to be hungry, πεινάων, of a lion, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κακῶς π. to be starved, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; thrice in Trag, πεινῶσα [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) with genitive, hunger after, σίτου δ᾽ οὐκέτ᾽ ἔφη πεινήμεναι [Refs 8th c.BC+] II.2) metaphorically, hunger, crave after, χρημάτων [Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply, to be in want of, lack, πεινῶντες ἀγαθῶν [NT+5th c.BC+]. [ᾱ in un contraction forms in [Refs 8th c.BC+] [same place], and the Attic dialect contractions (-η- from -ηε-) agree; but πεινῶντι Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural present indicative in [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices points to -ᾰοντι.]

Greek

Verb

"pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave; be an hungered; from the same as g3993 (πένης) (through the idea of pinching toil