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Lexicon :: Strong's G5302 - hystereō

Aa
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 BoxMat 19:20 - The young G3495 man G3495 *said G3004 to Him, “All G3956 these G3778 I have kept G5442; what G5101 am G5302 I still G2089 lacking G5302?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - Looking G1689 at G1689 him, Jesus G2424 showed G25 love G25 to him and said G3004 to him, “One G1520 thing G1520 you lack G5302: go G5217 and sell G4453 all G3745 you possess G2192 and give G1325 to the poor G4434, and you will have G2192 treasure G2344 in heaven G3772; and come G1204, follow G190 Me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:14 - “Now G1161 when he had [fn]spent G1159 everything G3956, a severe G2478 famine G3042 occurred G1096 in that country G5561, and he began G757 doing G5302 without G5302.

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And He said G3004 to them, “When G3753 I sent G649 you out G649 without G817 money G905 belt G905 and bag G4082 and sandals G5266, you did not lack G5302 anything G5100, did you?” They said G3004, “No, nothing G3762.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 2:3 - When the wine G3631 ran G5302 out G5302, the mother G3384 of Jesus G2424 *said G3004 to Him, “They have G2192 no G3756 wine G3631.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 3:23 - for all G3956 [fn]have sinned G264 and fall G5302 short G5302 of the glory G1391 of God G2316,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:7 - so G5620 that G5620 you are G5302 not lacking G5302 in any G3367 gift G5486, as you eagerly G553 await G553 the revelation G602 of our Lord G2962 Jesus G2424 Christ G5547,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:8 - Now G1161 food G1033 will not bring G3936 us [fn]close G3936 to God G2316; we are G5302 neither G3777 [fn]the worse G5302 if G1437 we do not eat G2068, nor G3777 [fn]the better G4052 if G1437 we do eat G2068.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:24 - whereas G1161 our more G2158 presentable G2158 parts have G2192 no G3756 need G5532 of it. But God G2316 has so composed G4786 the body G4983, giving G1325 more G4053 abundant G4053 honor G5092 to that part which lacked G5302,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:5 - For I consider G3049 myself not in the least G3367 inferior G5302 to the [fn]most G6088 eminent G6088 apostles G652.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:9 - and when I was G3918 present G3918 with you and was G5302 in G5302 need G5302, I was G2655 not a G2655 burden G2655 to G2655 anyone G3762; for when the brothers G80 came G2064 from Macedonia G3109 they fully G4322 supplied G4322 my need G5303, and in everything G3956 I kept G5083 myself G1683 from G4 being G4 a G4 burden G4 to you, [fn]and will continue G5083 to do so.

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I have become G1096 foolish G878; you yourselves G4771 compelled G315 me. Actually G1063 I should G3784 have been commended G4921 by you, since G1063 I was in no G3762 respect G3762 inferior G5302 to the [fn]most G6088 eminent G6088 apostles G652, even G2532 though G1487 I am G1510 a nobody G3762.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 4:12 - I know G6063 how G6063 to get G5013 along G5013 with G5013 little G5013, and I also G2532 know G6063 how G6063 to live G4052 in G4052 prosperity G4052; in any G3956 and every G3956 circumstance I have learned G3453 the G3453 secret G3453 of being filled G5526 and going G3983 hungry G3983, both G2532 of having G4052 abundance G4052 and suffering G5302 need G5302.

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Therefore G3767, we must fear G5399 if G3379, while a promise G1860 remains G2641 of entering G1525 His rest G2663, any G5100 one G5100 of you may seem G1380 to have come G5302 short G5302 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned G3034, they were sawn G4249 in G4249 two G4249, [fn]they were tempted G3985, they were put G599 to G599 death G599 G1722 G5408 with the sword G3162; they went G4022 about G4022 in sheepskins G3374, in goatskins G122 G1192, being G5302 destitute G5302, afflicted G2346, tormented G2558

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:15 - See G1983 to G1983 it G1983 that no G3361 one G5100 comes G5302 short G5302 of the grace G5485 of God G2316; that no G3361 root G4491 of bitterness G4088 springing G5453 up causes G1776 trouble G1776, and by it many G4183 become G3392 defiled G3392;
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