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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 Box Gen 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:3 - The waters receded from off the eretz continually. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters decreased.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?" He said, "I will not destroy it, if I find forty-five there."

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - For the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hand; he has known your walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD your God has been with you; you have lacked nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land in which you shall eat bread without scarceness, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8 - but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wants.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For thus says the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, The jar of meal shall not empty, neither shall the jar of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sends rain on the eretz.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - Yes, forty years did you sustain them in the wilderness, and they lacked nothing; their clothes didn't grow old, and their feet didn't swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - For you have made him a little lower than God, And crowned him with glory and honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 23:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 - A Psalm by David. The LORD is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, But those who seek the LORD shall not lack any good thing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, But the belly of the wicked goes hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 31:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 4:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. For whom then, do I labor, and deprive my soul of enjoyment? This also is vanity, yes, it is a miserable business.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your garments be always white, and don't let your head lack oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - Your body is like a round goblet, No mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, Set about with lilies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 51:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - The captive exile shall speedily be freed; and he shall not die and go down into the pit, neither shall his bread fail.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 44:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But since we left off burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink-offerings to her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17 - that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
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