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Lexicon :: Strong's H2637 - ḥāsēr

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חָסֵר
Transliteration
ḥāsēr
Pronunciation
khaw-sare'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 705

Strong’s Definitions

חָסֵר châçêr, khaw-sare'; a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen:—be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H2637 in the following manner: want (7x), lack (6x), fail (3x), decreased (1x), abated (1x), have need (1x), made lower (1x), bereave (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H2637 in the following manner: want (7x), lack (6x), fail (3x), decreased (1x), abated (1x), have need (1x), made lower (1x), bereave (1x).

  1. to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need

    1. (Qal)

      1. to lack

      2. to be lacking

      3. to diminish, decrease

    2. (Piel) to cause to lack

    3. (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָסֵר châçêr, khaw-sare'; a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen:—be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
STRONGS H2637: Abbreviations
† חָסֵר verb lack, need, be lacking, decrease (see LagBN 143; Late Hebrew חִסֵּר cause to lack or fail, diminish (active), and derivatives; Aramaic חֲסַר, rfso, want, lack, and derivatives, compare Phoenician מחסר, see מחסור below; Arabic حَسَرَ remove, strip off; disappear, retire (of water), fail (of sight), etc.; perhaps also Ethiopic ኀከረ፡ be inferior, worthless, diminished Di590 and derivatives) —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ח׳ 1 Kings 17:16; 2nd person masculine singular חָסַרְתָּ Deuteronomy 2:7; 3rd person plural חָסֵ֑רוּ Nehemiah 9:21; 1st person plural חָסַרְנוּ Jeremiah 44:18; Imperfect יֶחְסַר Deuteronomy 15:8 + 2 times; יֶחְסָ֑ר Proverbs 31:11; Ecclesiastes 9:8; 3rd person feminine singular תֶּחְסָ֑ר 1 Kings 17:14; Proverbs 13:25; 2nd person masculine singular תֶּחְסַר Deuteronomy 8:9; 1st person singular תֶּחְסָ֑ר Psalm 23:1; plural יַחְסְרוּ Psalm 34:11; Ezekiel 4:17; וַיַּחְסְרוּ Genesis 8:3; יַחְסְרוּן Genesis 18:28; Infinitive construct חֲסַר Proverbs 10:21 Ew§ 238 a, compare Ges§ 45. 1 a; absolute חָסוֺר Genesis 8:5; Participle חָסֵר 1 Kings 11:22; Ecclesiastes 10:3 (see חָסֵר below); —
1. lack:
a. with accusative Genesis 18:28 (J) perchance the fifty righteous lack five, Deuteronomy 2:7 thou hast not lacked anything, Deuteronomy 8:9; Jeremiah 44:18; 1 Kings 11:22; Ezekiel 4:17; Psalm 34:11; Proverbs 31:11, compare also בַּחֲסַרלֵֿב Proverbs 10:21 by lacking intelligence (sense), (Di puts here Deuteronomy 15:8, see below)
b. absolute be in want, want Psalm 23:1; Proverbs 13:25; Nehemiah 9:21.
2. be lacking, לוֺ מַחְסֹרוֺ אֲשֶׁר יֶח׳ Deuteronomy 15:8 his lack (i.e. thing needed), which is lacking to him (possible also is, which he lacks for himself, so Di, see above); שֶׁמֶן עַלרֹֿאְשְׁךָ אַליֶֿח׳ Ecclesiastes 9:8 oil on thy head let it not be lacking; see also absolute Isaiah 51:14; Songs 7:3, and לִבּוֺ חָסֵר Ecclesiastes 10:3 his sense is lacking; of jar of oil 1 Kings 17:14, 16 (absolute) by metonomy for the oil itself (compare || כלה be consumed, exhausted).
3. diminish, decrease, of waters Genesis 8:3 (P), compare הָלוֺךְ וְחָסוֺר Genesis 8:5 (P), waters continually diminished (see הלך above).
Pi. cause to lack, with accusative of person, Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מעט מֵאֱלהים Psalm 8:6 and thou didst make him lack little of God; Participle וּמְחַסֵּר אתנֿפשׁי מִטּוֺבָה Ecclesiastes 4:8 for whom am I labouring and depriving myself of good things?
Hiph. Perfect הֶחֱסִיר Exodus 16:18; Imperfect יַחְסִיר Isaiah 32:6; — cause to be lacking, fail, with accusative of thing מַשְׁקֵה צָמֵא יַח׳ Isaiah 32:6; the drink of the thirsty he causeth to fail (|| לְהָרִיק נפשׁ רָעֵב); absolute Exodus 16:18 (P), he that gathered little caused no lack.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:3; 8:3; 8:5; 8:5; 18:28; 18:28

Exodus

16:18; 16:18

Deuteronomy

2:7; 2:7; 8:9; 8:9; 15:8; 15:8; 15:8

1 Kings

11:22; 11:22; 17:14; 17:14; 17:16; 17:16

Nehemiah

9:21; 9:21

Psalms

8:6; 23:1; 23:1; 34:11; 34:11

Proverbs

10:21; 10:21; 13:25; 13:25; 31:11; 31:11

Ecclesiastes

4:8; 9:8; 9:8; 10:3; 10:3

Song of Songs

7:3

Isaiah

32:6; 32:6; 51:14

Jeremiah

44:18; 44:18

Ezekiel

4:17; 4:17

H2637

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Strong's Number H2637 matches the Hebrew חָסֵר (ḥāsēr),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - And the water subsided, and went off the earth, and after an hundred and fifty days the water was diminished, and the ark rested in the seventh month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, on the mountains of Ararat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the heads of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - But if the fifty righteous should be diminished to forty-five, wilt thou destroy the whole city because of the five wanting? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And having measured the homer full, [fn] he that had gathered much had nothing over, and he that had gathered less had no lack; each gathered [fn]according to the need of those who belonged to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - For the Lord our God has blessed thee in every work of thy hands. Consider how thou wentest through that great and terrible wilderness: behold, the Lord thy God has been with thee forty years; thou didst not lack any thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8 - Thou shalt surely open thine hands to him, and shalt lend to him as much as he wants according to his need.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus saith the Lord, The pitcher of meal shall not fail, and the cruse of oil shall not [fn]diminish, until the day that the Lord gives rain upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - And thou didst sustain them forty years in the wilderness; thou didst not allow anything to fail them: their garments did not wax old, and their feet were not bruised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - (LXX 8:6) Thou madest him a little less than angels, thou hast crowned him with glory and honour;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 - (LXX 22:1) A Psalm of David. The Lord tends me as a shepherd, and I shall want nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - (LXX 33:11) The rich have become poor and hungry: but they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - A just man eats and satisfies his soul: but the souls of the ungodly are in want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband trusts in her: such a one shall stand in no need of fine spoils.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he has neither son nor brother: yet there is no end to all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with wealth; and for whom do I labour, and deprive my soul of good? this is also vanity, and an evil trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let thy garments be always white; and let not oil be wanting on thine head.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - (LXX 7:3) Thy navel is as a turned bowl, not wanting liquor; thy belly is as a heap of wheat set about with lilies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool shall speak foolish words, and his heart shall meditate vanities, and to perform lawless deeds and to speak error against the Lord, to scatter hungry souls, and he will cause the thirsty souls to be empty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - For in thy deliverance he shall not halt, nor tarry;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - (LXX 51:18) But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, we have all been brought low, and have been consumed by sword and by famine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17 - that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities.
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