Famine - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Famine
[ 1,,G3042, limos ]is translated hunger" in Luke 15:17; 2 Corinthians 11:27; elsewhere it signifies "a famine," and is so translated in each place in the RV; the AV has the word "dearth" in Acts 7:11; Acts 11:28, and "hunger" in Revelation 6:8; the RV "famine" is preferable there; See Matthew 24:7; Mark 13:8; Luke 4:25; Luke 15:14; Luke 21:11; Romans 8:35; Revelation 18:8. See HUNGER.