Famish
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( v. t.) To force or constrain by famine.
(2): ( a.) Smoky; hot; choleric.
(3): ( v. t.) To starve, kill, or destroy with hunger.
(4): ( v. t.) To exhaust the strength or endurance of, by hunger; to distress with hanger.
(5): ( v. t.) To kill, or to cause to suffer extremity, by deprivation or denial of anything necessary.
(6): ( v. i.) To die of hunger; to starve.
(7): ( v. i.) To suffer extreme hunger or thirst, so as to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish.
(8): ( v. i.) To suffer extremity from deprivation of anything essential or necessary.
King James Dictionary [2]
Fam'Ish, L fames.
1. To starve to kill or destroy with hunger. 2. To exhaust the strength of, by hunger or thirst to distress with hunger.
The pains of famished Tantalus he'll feel.
3. To kill by deprivation or denial of any thing necessary for life.
FAM'ISH,
1. To die of hunger. More generally, 2. To suffer extreme hunger or thirst to be exhausted in strength, or to come near to perish, for want of food or drink.
You are all resolved rather to die, than to famish.
3. To be distressed with want to come near to perish by destitution.
The Lord will not suffer the righteous to famish. Proverbs 10 .
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [3]
fam´ish רעב rā‛ēbh רזה rāzāh rā‛ēbh Genesis 41:55 rā‛ābh Isaiah 5:13 rāzāh Zephaniah 2:11 rā‛ēbh Proverbs 10:3
