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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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8

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 BoxJdg 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:10 - And whensoever ye shall go, ye shall come in upon a people secure, and the land is extensive, for God has given it into your hand; a place where there is no want of [fn]anything that the earth affords.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet is there straw and food for our asses, and bread and wine for me and my handmaid and the young man with thy servants; there is no want of anything.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - And the old man said, Peace be to thee; only be every want of thine upon me, only do thou by no means lodge in the street.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:9 - (LXX 33:10) Fear the Lord, all ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 6:11 - Then poverty comes upon thee as an evil traveller, and want as a swift courier:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:24 - There are some who scatter their own, and make it more: and there are some also who gather, yet have less.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:23 - With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:17 - A poor man loves mirth, loving wine and oil in abundance;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:34 - But if thou do this, thy poverty will come speedily; and thy want like a swift courier.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:27 - He that gives to the poor shall not be in want: but he that turns away his eye from him shall be in great distress.
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