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Dearth

A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H1226, H7458, G3042
Hebrew
בַּצֹּרֶת · batstsôreth
Greek
λιμός · limós

Strong’s and original-language information

Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon

רָעָב

H7458
Transliteration
râʻâb
Pronunciation
raw-awb'
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
101

Glosses

dearth, famine, [phrase] famished, hunger.

Lexicon definition

hunger (more or less extensive)

Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Dearth

A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a "famine in the land" (Gen. 12:10), so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read also of dearths in the time of the judges (Ruth 1:1), and of the kings (2 Sam. 21:1; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 4:38; 8:1). In New Testament times there was an extensive famine in Palestine (Acts 11:28) in the fourth year of the reign of the emperor Claudius (A.D. 44 and 45).

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Dearth

A scarcity of provisions (1 Kings 17). There were frequent dearths in Palestine. In the days of Abram there was a "famine in the land" (Gen. 12:10), so also in the days of Jacob (47:4, 13). We read also of dearths in the time of the judges (Ruth 1:1), and of the kings (2 Sam. 21:1; 1 Kings 18:2; 2 Kings 4:38; 8:1). In New Testament times there was an extensive famine in Palestine (Acts 11:28) in the fourth year of the reign of the emperor Claudius (A.D. 44 and 45).

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Ruth 1

Ruth 1:1

1 Kings 2

1 Kings 171 Kings 18:2

2 Kings 1

2 Kings 4:38

Jeremiah 1

Jeremiah 17:8

Acts 1

Acts 11:28

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