A hunger or desire for something. Although the primary reference of the term is to a hunger for food, it can also refer to other human desires. Scripture distinguishes between healthy and unhealthy appetites, indicating what it is appropriate to seek after.
See also Ps 107:5–9; Pr 16:26; Ec 6:7; Is 29:8; Je 31:25; Je 50:19; La 2:12
Appetite as a spiritual hunger
Ps 143:6; Pr 25:25; Mt 5:6
See also Ps 119:20; Ps 119:131
The gospel satisfies human hunger and thirst
John 4:13–14 ESV
Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.”
See also Ps 42:2; Is 55:1; Jn 6:27; Jn 6:50–51; Jn 7:37; Re 21:6; Re 22:17
