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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 8:5 - The water H4325 decreased H2637 steadily H1980 until H5704 the tenth H6224 month; H2320 in the tenth H6224 month, on the first H259 day of the month, H2320 the tops H7218 of the mountains H2022 became H7200 visible. H7200

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 18:28 - “Suppose H194 the fifty H2572 righteous H6662 are lacking H2637 five, H2568 will You destroy H7843 the whole H3605 city H5892 because of five?” H2568 And He said, H559 “I will not destroy H7843 it if H518 I find H4672 forty-five H705 H2568 there.” H8033

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:18 - When they measured H4058 it with an omer, H6016 he who had H7235 gathered much H7235 had no H3808 excess, H5736 and he who had H4591 gathered little H4591 had no H3808 lack; H2637 every H376 man H376 gathered H3950 [fn]as much H6310 as he should eat. H398

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:7 - “For the LORD H3068 your God H430 has blessed H1288 you in all H3605 [fn]that you have done; H3027 He has known H3045 your [fn]wanderings H1980 through this H2088 great H1419 wilderness. H4057 These H2088 forty H705 years H8141 the LORD H3068 your God H430 has been with you; you have not lacked H2637 a thing.”’ H1697

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land H776 where H834 you will eat H398 food H3899 without H3808 scarcity, H4544 in which you will not lack H2637 anything; H3605 a land H776 whose H834 stones H68 are iron, H1270 and out of whose hills H2022 you can dig H2672 copper. H5178

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:8 - but you shall freely H6605 open H6605 your hand H3027 to him, and shall generously H5670 lend H5670 him sufficient H1767 for his need H4270 in whatever H834 he lacks. H2637

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:14 - “For thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of Israel, H3478 ‘The [fn]bowl H3537 of flour H7058 shall not be exhausted, H3615 nor H3808 shall the jar H6835 of oil H8081 [fn]be empty, H2637 until H5704 the day H3117 that the LORD H3068 sends H5414 rain H1653 on the face H6440 of the earth.’” H127

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:21 - “Indeed, forty H705 years H8141 You provided H3557 for them in the wilderness H4057 and they were not in want; H2637
Their clothes H8008 did not wear H1086 out, nor H3808 did their feet H7272 swell. H1216

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 8:5 - Yet You have made H2637 him a little H4592 lower H2637 than H4480 [fn]God, H430
And You crown H5849 him with glory H3519 and majesty! H1926

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 23:1 - A Psalm H4210 of David. H1732
The LORD H3068 is my shepherd, H7462
I [fn]shall not want. H2637

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:10 - The young H3715 lions H3715 do lack H7326 and suffer H7456 hunger; H7456
But they who seek H1875 the LORD H3068 shall not be in want H2637 of any H3605 good H2896 thing. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:25 - The righteous H6662 [fn]has H398 enough H398 to satisfy H7648 his appetite, H5315
But the stomach H990 of the wicked H7563 is in need. H2637

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:11 - The heart H3820 of her husband H1167 trusts H982 in her,
And he will have H2637 no H3808 lack H2637 of gain. H7998

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 4:8 - There H3426 was a certain H259 man H259 without H369 a [fn]dependent, H8145 having H369 neither H1571 H369 a son H1121 nor H369 a brother, H251 yet there H369 was no H369 end H7093 to all H3605 his labor. H5999 Indeed, H1571 his eyes H5869 were not satisfied H7646 with riches H6239 and he never asked, “And for whom H4310 am I laboring H6001 and depriving H2637 myself H5315 of pleasure?” H2896 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and it is a grievous H7451 task. H6045

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:8 - Let your clothes H899 be white H3836 all H3605 the time, H6256 and let not oil H8081 be lacking H2637 on your head. H7218

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:2 - “Your navel H8270 is like a round H5469 goblet H101
Which never H408 lacks H2637 mixed H4197 wine; H4197
Your belly H990 is like a heap H6194 of wheat H2406
Fenced H5473 about H5473 with lilies. H7799

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:6 - For a fool H5036 speaks H1696 nonsense, H5039
And his heart H3820 [fn]inclines H6213 toward wickedness: H205
To practice H6213 ungodliness H2612 and to speak H1696 error H8442 against H413 the LORD, H3068
To [fn]keep H7324 the hungry H7457 person H5315 unsatisfied H7324
And [fn]to withhold H2637 drink H4945 from the thirsty. H6771

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 44:18 - “But since H4480 H227 we stopped H2308 burning H6999 [fn]sacrifices H6999 to the queen H4446 of heaven H8064 and pouring H5258 out drink H5262 offerings H5262 to her, we have lacked H2637 everything H3605 and have [fn]met H8552 our end H8552 by the sword H2719 and by famine.” H7458

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 4:17 - because H4616 bread H3899 and water H4325 will be scarce; H2637 and they will be appalled H8074 with one H376 another H251 and waste H4743 away H4743 in their iniquity. H5771
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