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+# πεινάω/peinaō
+This word describes a situation or how something is. It is a verb. However, it is not an action. 
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+* This word can mean to hunger or to be hungry.
+* This word can mean to desire something as strongly as needing food to eat.
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+**Advice to translators**: This type of verb describes a state of being. 
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