The Koine Bible

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πεινάω

Lemmaπεινάω
Citation formπεινάω
Part of speechverb
GlossI am hungry, needy
Strong’sG3983
Transliterationpeináō
Definitionto famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively, to crave
KJV glosses:--be an hungered.
Derivationfrom the same as (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")
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