{
  "id": "dict_002611",
  "term": "Hunger",
  "slug": "hunger",
  "letter": "H",
  "entry_type": "theological_term",
  "entry_family": "theological_term",
  "depth_profile": "standard",
  "short_definition": "Hunger is the physical need and desire for food. In Scripture it can also picture deep spiritual longing, especially for God, righteousness, and His word.",
  "simple_one_line": "",
  "tooltip_text": "",
  "aliases": [],
  "scripture_references": [],
  "original_language_terms": [],
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  "see_also": [],
  "lede_intro": "",
  "at_a_glance_definition": "",
  "at_a_glance_key_points": [],
  "description_academic_short": "Hunger in the Bible usually refers to bodily need, whether in daily life, famine, fasting, or poverty. It is also used figuratively to describe spiritual desire, as in hungering for righteousness or for the living God. Scripture treats hunger as a real human weakness and need, while also using it to teach dependence on the Lord.",
  "description_academic_full": "Hunger in Scripture is first a literal human need for food and therefore a reminder of creaturely dependence, weakness, and the effects of life in a fallen world. The Bible speaks of hunger in ordinary experience, in famine, in poverty, and in fasting, and it presents the care of the hungry as part of righteous compassion. At the same time, hunger can be a spiritual image: people may hunger for righteousness, for God, or for the truth and sustaining power of His word. Jesus Himself experienced real human hunger, which testifies to His true humanity, and He also taught that human life depends ultimately on God rather than bread alone. The safest summary is that biblical hunger refers both to physical need and, by analogy, to a rightly ordered spiritual longing that God alone can finally satisfy.",
  "background_biblical_context": "",
  "background_historical_context": "",
  "background_jewish_ancient_context": "",
  "key_texts_primary": [],
  "key_texts_secondary": [],
  "original_language_note": "",
  "theological_significance": "",
  "philosophical_explanation": "",
  "interpretive_cautions": "",
  "major_views_note": "",
  "doctrinal_boundaries": "",
  "practical_significance": "",
  "meta_description": "Hunger is the physical need and desire for food. In Scripture it can also picture deep spiritual longing, especially for God, righteousness, and His word.",
  "public_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/hunger/",
  "json_url": "/companion-bible-dictionary/data/dictionary/hunger.json",
  "final_disposition": "PUBLISH_CANONICAL"
}