Words the Bible translates as famine
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- limosλιμόςthe want of food: not having enough to eat, whether one person is starving or a whole region's food supply has failed
- ra'avרָעָבa severe shortage of food, whether a whole land's famine or a single body's hunger
- re'avonרְעָבוֹןfaminenot studied yet
- kaphanכָּפָןfaminenot studied yet
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