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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - πεινάω
πεινάω
G3983
Transliteration: peináō
Pronunciation: pi-nah'-o
Definition: be an hungered
- Original: πεινάω - Transliteration: Peinao - Phonetic: pi-nah'-o
- Definition:
1. to hunger, be hungry
a. to suffer want
b. to be needy
2. metaph. to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire
- Origin: "from the same as G3993" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")" - TDNT entry: 06:12,8 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From the same as G3993" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; pine); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.