STRONGS G3983:
πεινάω,
πείνω, infinitive
πεινᾶν (
Philippians 4:12); future
πεινάσω (
Luke 6:25;
Revelation 7:16); 1 aorist
ἐπείνασα — for the earlier forms
πεινην,
πεινήσω,
ἐπείνησα; cf.
Lob. ad Phryn., pp. 61 and 204;
Winers Grammar, § 13, 3 b.; (
Buttmann, 37 (32); 44 (38)); see also
διψάω; (from
πεινᾷ hunger; (see
πένης)); from
Homer down; the
Sept. for
רָעֵב;
to hunger, be hungry;
a. properly:
Matthew 4:2;
Matthew 12:1,
3;
Matthew 21:18;
Matthew 25:35,
37,
42,
44;
Mark 2:25;
Mark 11:12;
Luke 4:2;
Luke 6:3,
25; equivalent to
to suffer want, Romans 12:20;
1 Corinthians 11:21,
34;
to be needy, Luke 1:53;
Luke 6:21;
Philippians 4:12; in this same sense it is joined with
δίψαν,
1 Corinthians 4:11; in figurative discourse,
οὐ πεινᾶν καί οὐ δίψαν is used to describe the condition of one who is in need of nothing requisite for his real (spiritual) life and salvation,
John 6:35;
Revelation 7:16.
b. metaphorically,
to crave ardently, to seek with eager desire: with the accusative of the thing,
τήν δικαιοσύνην,
Matthew 5:6 (in the better Greek authors with a genitive as
χρημάτων,
Xenophon, Cyril 8, 3, 39;
συμμαχων, 7, 5, 50;
ἐπαινου, oec. 13, 9; cf.
Winers Grammar, § 30, 10, b. at the end; (
Buttmann, § 131, 4); Kuinoel on
Matthew 5:6, and see
διψάω, 2).
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