Original: πεινάω

Transliteration: peináō

Phonetic: pi-nah'-o

Short 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 (through the idea of pinching toil; "pine")"

- TDNT entry: 06:12,8

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: From the same as G3993 (through the idea of pinching toil; pine); to famish (absolutely or comparatively); figuratively to crave: - be an hungered.