# G3983 πεινάω

πεινάω (peináō), Strong’s G3983: "pine"); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave KJV: be an hungered. Occurs 67 times.

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

KJV: be an hungered

Derived from [πένης pénēs](https://besorah.bible/word/G3993) (starving, i.e. indigent)

Occurs 67 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 4:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/4?v=2) — When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
- [Matthew 5:6](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/5?v=6) — Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
- [Matthew 12:1](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=1) — At that time, Yeshua went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields. His disciples were hungry and began to pluck…
- [Matthew 12:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=3) — But he said to them, “Haven’t you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him:
- [Matthew 21:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/21?v=18) — Now in the morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.
- [Matthew 25:35](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=35) — for I was hungry and you gave me food to eat. I was thirsty and you gave me drink. I was a stranger and you took me in.
- [Matthew 25:37](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=37) — “Then the righteous will answer him, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you a…
- [Matthew 25:42](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=42) — for I was hungry, and you didn’t give me food to eat; I was thirsty, and you gave me no drink;
- [Matthew 25:44](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=44) — “Then they will also answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick…
- [Mark 2:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/2?v=25) — He said to them, “Did you never read what David did when he had need and was hungry—he, and those who were with him?