Strong's #7458: ra`ab (pronounced raw-awb')
from 7456; hunger (more or less extensive):--dearth, famine, + famished, hunger.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
râ‛âb
1) famine, hunger
1a) famine (in land, nation)
1a1) of Jehovah' s word (figuratively)
1b) hunger (of individuals)
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: from H7456
Usage:
This word is used 101 times:
Amos 8:11: "a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water,"
