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Lexicon :: Strong's H4270 - maḥsôr

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מַחְסוֹר
Transliteration
maḥsôr
Pronunciation
makh-sore'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 705e

Strong’s Definitions

מַחְסוֹר machçôwr, makh-sore'; or מַחְסֹר machçôr; from H2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment:—lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H4270 in the following manner: want (8x), lack (1x), need (1x), poor (1x), poverty (1x), penury (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H4270 in the following manner: want (8x), lack (1x), need (1x), poor (1x), poverty (1x), penury (1x).
  1. need, poverty, thing needed

    1. need, thing needed

    2. lack, want

    3. need, poverty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מַחְסוֹר machçôwr, makh-sore'; or מַחְסֹר machçôr; from H2637; deficiency; hence, impoverishment:—lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
STRONGS H4270: Abbreviations
מַחְסוֺר, מַחְסֹר noun [masculine] need, thing needed, poverty; — מ׳ absolute Proverbs 11:24 + 6 times; construct Judges 18:10; Judges 19:19; suffix מַחְסוֺרְךָ Judges 19:20; מַחְסרְךָ Proverbs 6:11; מַחְסֹרוֺ Deuteronomy 15:8; plural suffix מַחְסֹרֶיךָ Proverbs 24:34; —
1. need = thing needed דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֺ Deuteronomy 15:8 enough for his need (followed by אשׁר יֶחְסַר לוֺ, compare חָסֵר verb); עָלָ֑י כָּלמֿ׳ Judges 19:20 all thy need be upon me (for me to provide).
2. lack, want כָּלדָּֿבָר אֵין מ׳ Judges 18:10 no lack of anything, Judges 19:19; Psalm 34:10.
3. in general, need, poverty Proverbs 6:11 (|| רֵאשׁ) = Proverbs 24:34 (|| רֵישׁ), Proverbs 11:24; Proverbs 14:23; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 28:27; אִישׁ מ׳ Proverbs 21:17 a man of poverty.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Deuteronomy

15:8; 15:8

Judges

18:10; 18:10; 19:19; 19:19; 19:20; 19:20

Psalms

34:10

Proverbs

6:11; 6:11; 11:24; 11:24; 14:23; 21:5; 21:17; 22:16; 24:34; 24:34; 28:27

H4270

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4270 matches the Hebrew מַחְסוֹר (maḥsôr),
which occurs 13 times in 13 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8 - but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend to him [fn]whatever he needs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10 - “When you enter, you will come to people [feeling] safe and secure with a spacious land [widely extended on all sides]; for God has given it into your hands—a place where there is no lack of anything that is on the earth.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet we have both straw and feed for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, and for [fn]your handmaid, and for the young man who is with your servant; there is no lack of anything.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - Then the old man said, “Peace be to you. Only leave all your needs to me; and do not spend the night in the open square.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:9 -

O [reverently] fear the LORD, you His saints (believers, holy ones);

For to those who fear Him there is no want.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 -

So your poverty will come like an approaching prowler who walks [slowly, but surely]

And your need [will come] like an armed man [making you helpless].

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 -

There is the one who [generously] scatters [abroad], and yet increases all the more;

And there is the one who withholds what is justly due, but it results only in want and poverty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 -

In all labor there is profit,

But mere talk leads only to poverty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:5 -

The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance and advantage,

But everyone who acts in haste comes surely to poverty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 -

He who loves [only selfish] pleasure will become a poor man;

He who loves and is devoted to [fn]wine and [olive] oil will not become rich.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 -

He who oppresses or exploits the poor to get more for himself

Or who gives to the rich [to gain influence and favor], will only come to poverty.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34 -

Then your poverty will come as a robber,

And your want like an armed man.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 -

He who gives to the poor will never want,

But he who shuts his eyes [from their need] will have many curses.

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