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Lexicon :: Strong's H2637 - ḥāsēr

Aa
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 waters went slowly back from the earth, and at the end of a hundred and fifty days the waters were lower.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - And still the waters went on falling, till on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains were seen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - If by chance there are five less than fifty upright men, will you give up all the town to destruction because of these five? And he said, I will not give it to destruction if there are forty-five.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - And when it was measured, he who had taken up much had nothing over, and he who had little had enough; every man had taken what he was able to make use of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - For the blessing of the Lord your God has been on you in all the work of your hands: he has knowledge of your wanderings through this great waste: these forty years the Lord your God has been with you, and you have been short of nothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - Where there will be bread for you in full measure and you will be in need of nothing; a land where the very stones are iron and from whose hills you may get copper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8 - But let your hand be open to give him the use of whatever he is in need of.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - For this is the word of the Lord, the God of Israel: The store of meal will not come to an end, and the bottle will never be without oil, till the day when the Lord sends rain on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - Truly, for forty years you were their support in the waste land, and they were in need of nothing; their clothing did not get old or their feet become tired.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - For you have made him only a little lower than the gods, crowning him with glory and honour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 - <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The upright man has food to the full measure of his desire, but there will be no food for the stomach of evil-doers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart of her husband has faith in her, and he will have profit in full measure.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - It is one who is by himself, without a second, and without son or brother; but there is no end to all his work, and he has never enough of wealth. For whom, then, am I working and keeping myself from pleasure? This again is to no purpose, and a bitter work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your clothing be white at all times, and let not your head be without oil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - Your stomach is a store of grain with lilies round it, and in the middle a round cup full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For the foolish man will say foolish things, having evil thoughts in his heart, working what is unclean, and talking falsely about the Lord, to keep food from him who is in need of it, and water from him whose soul is desiring it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:14 - The prisoner, bent under his chain, will quickly be made free, and will not go down into the underworld, and his bread will not come to an end.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - But from the time when we gave up burning perfumes to the queen of heaven and draining out drink offerings to her, we have been in need of all things, and have been wasted by the sword and by need of food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17 - So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.
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