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Lexicon :: Strong's G5302 - hystereō

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ὑστερέω
Transliteration
hystereō (Key)
Pronunciation
hoos-ter-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 8:592,1240

Strong’s Definitions

ὑστερέω hustĕrĕō, hoos-ter-eh'-o; from G5306; to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient):—come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x

The KJV translates Strong's G5302 in the following manner: lack (3x), be behind (2x), want (2x), come short (1x), be in want (1x), fail (1x), come behind (1x), be destitute (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 16x
The KJV translates Strong's G5302 in the following manner: lack (3x), be behind (2x), want (2x), come short (1x), be in want (1x), fail (1x), come behind (1x), be destitute (1x), miscellaneous (4x).

  1. behind

    1. to come late or too tardily

      1. to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end

      2. metaph. fail to become a partaker, fall back from

    2. to be inferior in power, influence and rank

      1. of the person: to be inferior to

    3. to fail, be wanting

    4. to be in want of, lack

  2. to suffer want, to be devoid of, to lack (be inferior) in excellence, worth

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὑστερέω hustĕrĕō, hoos-ter-eh'-o; from G5306; to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient):—come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse.
STRONGS G5302:
ὑστερέω, ὑστερῶ; 1 aorist ὑστέρησα; perfect ὑστέρηκα; passive, present ὑστεροῦμαι; 1 aorist participle ὑστερηθείς; (ὕστερος);
1. Active, "to be ὕστερος i. e. behind; i. e.
a. to come late or too tardily" (so in secular authors from Herodotus down): Hebrews 4:1; to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end; with ἀπό and the genitive indicating the end, metaphorically, fail to become a partaker: ἀπό τῆς χάριτος, Hebrews 12:15 (others render here fall back (i. e. away) from; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 6 b.; Buttmann, 322f (276f) cf. § 132, 5) (Ecclesiastes 6:2).
b. to be inferior, in power, influence, rank, 1 Corinthians 12:24 (where L T Tr WH passive, ὑστερουμένῳ); in virtue, τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ; in what am I still deficient (A. V. what lack I yet (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10)), Matthew 19:20 (Sir. 51:24; ἵνα γνῷ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ, Psalm 38:5 (Ps. 39:5); μηδ' ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενί μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑστερουντας, Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 d.); μηδέν or οὐδέν followed by a genitive (depending on the idea of comparison contained in the verb (Buttmann, § 132, 22)) of the person, to be inferior to (A. V. to be behind) another in nothing, 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11.
c. to fail, be lacking (Dioscorides (?) 5, 86): John 2:3 (not Tdf.); ἕν σοι (T WH Tr marginal reading σε (cf. Buttmann, as above)) ὑστερεῖ, Mark 10:21.
d. to be in want of, lack: with a genitive of the thing (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6), Luke 22:35 (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 2, 1).
2. Passive to suffer want (Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)): Luke 15:14; 2 Corinthians 11:9 (8); Hebrews 11:37 (Sir. 11:11); opposed to περισσεύειν, to abound, Philippians 4:12; τίνος, to be devoid (R. V. fall short) of, Romans 3:23 (Diodorus 18, 71; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 6, 7); ἐν τίνι, to suffer want in any respect, 1 Corinthians 1:7, opposed to πλουτίζεσθαι ἐν τίνι, 1 Corinthians 1:5; to lack (be inferior) in excellence, worth, opposed to περισσεύειν (A. V. to be the worse... the better), 1 Corinthians 8:8. (Compare: ἀφυστερέω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Psalms
38:5; 39:5
Ecclesiastes
6:2
Matthew
19:20
Mark
10:21
Luke
15:14; 22:35
John
2:3
Romans
3:23
1 Corinthians
1:5; 1:7; 8:8; 12:24
2 Corinthians
11:5; 11:9; 12:11
Philippians
4:12
Hebrews
4:1; 11:37; 12:15

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5302 matches the Greek ὑστερέω (hystereō),
which occurs 16 times in 16 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:20 - The young man *said to Him, “All these things I have kept; what am G5302 I still lacking G5302?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And looking at him, Jesus loved him and said to him, “One thing you lack G5302: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 15:14

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished G5302.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 22:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:35 -

And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, did you lack G5302 anything?” They said, “Not a thing.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:3 - And when the wine ran G5302 out G5302, the mother of Jesus *said to Him, “They have no wine.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 3:23

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:23 - for all [fn]have sinned and fall G5302 short G5302 of the glory of God,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - so that you are G5302 not lacking G5302 in any gift, eagerly awaiting the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:8 - But food will not [fn]commend us to God. We neither lack G5302 if we do not eat, nor abound if we do eat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:24 - whereas our more presentable members have no such need. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that member which lacked G5302,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:5 - For I consider myself in no way inferior G5302 to the [fn]most-eminent apostles.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:9 - And when I was present with you and was G5302 in G5302 need G5302, I was not a burden to anyone; for when the brothers came from Macedonia they fully supplied my need, and in everything I kept and will keep myself from being a burden to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 -

I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, for in no respect was G5302 I inferior G5302 to the [fn]most-eminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in abundance; in any and all things I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering G5302 need G5302.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 -

Therefore, let us fear, lest, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have fallen G5302 short G5302 of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned, they were sawn in two, [fn]they were tempted, they were put to death with the sword. They went about in sheepskins, in goatskins, being G5302 destitute G5302, afflicted, mistreated

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:15 - seeing to it that no one falls G5302 short G5302 of the grace of God; that no ROOT OF BITTERNESS SPRINGING UP CAUSES TROUBLE, and by it many be defiled;
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