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Strong's #2638 - חָסֵר

Transliteration

châçêr

Phonetics

khaw-sare'

Root Word (Etymology)

from (H2637)

Parts of Speech

Adjective

TWOT

705c

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) in need of, lacking, needy, in want of

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (19)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Proverbs 13

Ecclesiastes 2

NAS (21)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

Proverbs 17

Ecclesiastes 1

HCS (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

Proverbs 13

Ecclesiastes 2

BSB (19)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Proverbs 13

Ecclesiastes 2

ESV (18)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Proverbs 13

Ecclesiastes 1

WEB (19)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1

1 Kings 2

Proverbs 13

Ecclesiastes 2

KJV (19)

destitute 1

fail 1

faileth 1

lacked 1

lacketh 3

need 1

void 6

want 1

wanteth 4

NAS (21)

lack 2

lacked 1

lacking 4

lacks 10

who 4

HCS (18)

have no 1

have such a shortage 1

lack 2

lacking 2

lacks 5

of the one who lacks 1

one without 1

starves 1

the one who lacks 1

who lacks 2

without 1

BSB (19)

To him who lacks 2

but lack 1

for lack 1

in need of 1

is lacking 1

lacked 1

lacking 3

lacks 3

of him who lacks 1

or starves 1

run dry 1

so that he lacks 1

to one who lacks 1

who lacks 1

ESV (18)

become empty 1

lack 3

lacked 1

lacking 2

lacks 11

WEB (19)

* 4

Do I lack 1

fail 1

fails 1

for lack 1

is void 3

lacks 1

of him who is void 1

or who lacks 1

so that he lacks 1

to one who is void 1

void 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2187) r x h (ההסר HhSR) AC: Diminish CO: ? AB: Lacking: Something or someone that is lacking or diminished in quantity or quality. [from: xh- needing support]

V) r x h (ההסר HhSR) - Diminish: To be lacking or decrease. KJV (21): (vf: Paal, Hiphil, Piel) want, lack, fail, decrease, abate, lower, bereave - Strongs: H2637 (חָסֵר)

N^m) r x h (ההסר HhSR) - Lacking: KJV (21): void, want, lack, fail, destitute, need, poverty - Strongs: H2638 (חָסֵר), H2639 (חֶסֶר)

b^m) r i x h (ההסיר HhSYR) - Lacking: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): wanting - Strongs: H2627 (חַסִּיר)

g^m) r x f h (ההוסר HhWSR) - Lacking: KJV (3): want - Strongs: H2640 (חֹסֶר)

j^m) n f r x h (ההסרונ HhSRWN) - Lacking: KJV (1): wanting - Strongs: H2642 (חֶסְרוֹן)

ac^m) r f x h m (מההסור MHhSWR) - Lacking: KJV (13): want, lack, need, poor, poverty, penury - Strongs: H4270 (מַחְסֹר)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

חָסֵר adjective needy, lacking, in want of — ׳ח absolute Ecclesiastes 6:2; construct חֲסַר 1 Samuel 21:16 13t.; — needy, in want of משׁגעים אני׳ח 1 Samuel 21:16 am I in want of madmen? 2 Samuel 3:29 in need of bread, so Proverbs 12:9; usually חֲסַרלֵֿב lacking understanding, sense Proverbs 6:32; Proverbs 7:7; Proverbs 9:4,16; Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 11:12; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 15:21; לֵֿב׳אָדָם ח Proverbs 17:18; Proverbs 24:30; תְּבוּנוֺת׳נָּגִיד ח Proverbs 28:16; אֵינֶנּוּ חָסֵר׳לְנַפְשׁוֺ מִכֹּל וג Ecclesiastes 6:2 neither is he lacking for his soul in aught of (מן particle) all that he desireth.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

חָסֵר fut. יֶחְסַר plur. יַחְסְרוּ [“to diminish, to cut short”]

(1) to be devoid of anything, to lack, to be without, followed by an acc. (like verbs of plenty and want), Deuteronomy 2:7, 8:9 Psalms 34:11; Proverbs 31:11. Genesis 18:28, אוּלַי יַחְסְרוּן חֲמִשִּׁים הַצַּדִּקִים חֲמִשָּׁה “perhaps five shall be lacking to the fifty righteous;” properly, “perhaps the fifty righteous shall lack five.”

(2) absol. to suffer want, Psalms 23:1; Proverbs 13:25.

(3) to fail, to be lessened, Genesis 8:3, 1 Kings 17:14.

(4) to be wanting, Ecclesiastes 9:8; Deuteronomy 15:8. (Arab. خَسَرَ and خَسِرَ to suffer harm or loss.)

Piel, to cause to want. Psalms 8:6, וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מְעַט מֵאֱלֹהִים “thou hast made him to be wanting but a little of God;” that he should not be much lower than God; [but see the true meaning of this passage from the use made of it in Heb. ii. 7, 9]; followed by מִן of the thing, Ecclesiastes 4:8.

Hiphil

(1) causat. to make to fail (fehlen, mangeln laffen), Isaiah 32:6.

(2) intrans. to be in want, Exodus 16:18.

Derivatives, חַסִּיר, מַחְסֹר, and the following words.

חָסֵר [verbal] adj. wanting, lacking, needing, followed by acc. 1 Kings 11:22 followed by acc. מִן Ecclesiastes 6:2. חֲסַר לֶחֶם in want of bread, 2 Samuel 3:29. חֲסַר לֵב wanting understanding, Proverbs 6:32, 7:7 9:4 subst. want of understanding, 10:21.

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List of Word Forms

בַּחֲסַר־ בחסר־ וַחֲסַר־ וחסר־ חֲסַ֣ר חֲסַ֤ר חֲסַר־ חָסֵ֑ר חָסֵ֥ר חָסֵר֙ חסר חסר־ לַחֲסַר־ לחסר־ ba·ḥă·sar- bachasar baḥăsar- chaSar chaSer ḥă·sar ḥă·sar- ḥā·sêr ḥăsar ḥăsar- ḥāsêr la·ḥă·sar- lachasar laḥăsar- vachasar wa·ḥă·sar- waḥăsar-