Lexical Summary

Arabic Root
جوع
Parts of Speech
Noun (4×), Verb (1×)
Qur'an Occurrences
5 times across 5 surahs

Definitions (1)

Meanings associated with the root جوع across classical and Qur'anic Arabic.

  1. 1
    The root جوع (jwE) primarily signifies hunger or emptiness of the belly, the opposite of fullness. It can also refer to a year of famine.
    Lane's Lexicon

Pronunciation

Transliteration: j-w-ʿ
Listen: جُوعٍ 106:4
Root letters: ج — و — ع

Word Family Tree (4 forms)

All word forms derived from the root جوع as they appear in the Qur'an, grouped by part of speech. Circle size reflects frequency.

Noun Verb

Concordance — 5 Occurrences

Every place in the Qur'an where the root جوع appears, grouped by grammatical role.

Noun (4) · Verb (1)

Noun (4 verses — showing first 5)

Winter, Quraysh 106:4 Noun
الَّذِي أَطْعَمَهُم مِّن جُوعٍ وَآمَنَهُم مِّنْ خَوْفٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Who has fed them, [saving them] from hunger and made them safe, [saving them] from fear
The Bee 16:112 Noun
وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلࣰا قَرۡیَةࣰ كَانَتۡ ءَامِنَةࣰ مُّطۡمَىِٕنَّةࣰ یَأۡتِیهَا رِزۡقُهَا رَغَدࣰا مِّن كُلِّ مَكَانࣲ فَكَفَرَتۡ بِأَنۡعُمِ ٱللَّهِ فَأَذَ ٰقَهَا ٱللَّهُ لِبَاسَ ٱلۡجُوعِ وَٱلۡخَوۡفِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ یَصۡنَعُونَ ۝١١٢
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And Allah presents an example: a city which was safe and secure, its provision coming to it in abundance from every location, but it denied the favors of Allah . So Allah made it taste the envelopment of hunger and fear for what they had been doing
The Cow 2:155 Noun
وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَیۡءࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصࣲ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَ ٰلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَ ٰتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِینَ ۝١٥٥
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient
The Overwhelming, The Overwhelming Calamity, The Pall 88:7 Noun
لَّا يُسْمِنُ وَلَا يُغْنِي مِن جُوعٍ
Umm Muhammad (Sahih International): Which neither nourishes nor avails against hunger

Derived Forms (4)

Unique word forms derived from this root as they appear across the Qur'an.

Arabic Transliteration POS Meaning Count
جُوعٍ juwʿin Noun
تَجُوعَ tajuwʿa Verb
ٱلْجُوعِ ljuwʿi Noun
وَٱلْجُوعِ waljuwʿi Noun