Lexicon :: Strong's H2637 - ḥāsēr

חָסֵר

Transliteration

ḥāsēr

Pronunciation

khaw-sare'

Part of Speech

verb

Root Word (Etymology)

A primitive root

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 705

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H2637: Abbreviations

† חָסֵר verb lack, need, be lacking, decrease (see Lag^{BN 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.

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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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H2637 matches the Hebrew חָסֵר (ḥāsēr),
which occurs 21 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Gen 8:3

Gen 8:3 - And the waters^H4325 returned^H7725 from off the earth^H776 continually:^H1980^H7725 and after the end^H7097 of the hundred^H3967 and fifty^H2572 days^H3117 the waters^H4325 were abated.^H2637

Gen 8:5

Gen 8:5 - And the waters^H4325 decreased^H2637 continually^H1980 until^H5704 the tenth^H6224 month:^H2320 in the tenth^H6224 month, on the first^H259 day of the month,^H2320 were the tops^H7218 of the mountains^H2022 seen.^H7200

Gen 18:28

Gen 18:28 - Peradventure there shall lack^H2637 five^H2568 of the fifty^H2572 righteous:^H6662 wilt thou destroy^H7843 all the city^H5892 for lack of five?^H2568 And he said,^H559 If I find^H4672 there forty^H705 and five,^H2568 I will not destroy^H7843 it.

Exo 16:18

Exo 16:18 - And when they did mete^H4058 it with an omer,^H6016 he that gathered much^H7235 had nothing over,^H5736 and he that gathered little^H4591 had no lack;^H2637 they gathered^H3950 every man^H376 according^H6310 to his eating.^H400

Deu 2:7

Deu 2:7 - For the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath blessed^H1288 thee in all the works^H4639 of thy hand:^H3027 he knoweth^H3045 thy walking^H3212 through this great^H1419 wilderness:^H4057 these forty^H705 years^H8141 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath been with thee; thou hast lacked^H2637 nothing.^H1697

Deu 8:9

Deu 8:9 - A land^H776 wherein^H834 thou shalt eat^H398 bread^H3899 without^H3808 scarceness,^H4544 thou shalt not lack^H2637 any thing in it; a land^H776 whose stones^H68 are iron,^H1270 and out of whose hills^H2042 thou mayest dig^H2672 brass.^H5178

Deu 15:8

Deu 15:8 - But thou shalt open^H6605 thine hand^H3027 wide^H6605 unto him, and shalt surely^H5670 lend^H5670 him sufficient^H1767 for his need,^H4270 in that which he wanteth.^H2637

1Ki 17:14

1Ki 17:14 - For thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of Israel,^H3478 The barrel^H3537 of meal^H7058 shall not waste,^H3615 neither shall the cruse^H6835 of oil^H8081 fail,^H2637 until the day^H3117 that the LORD^H3068 sendeth^H5414 rain^H1653 upon^H6440 the earth.^H127

Neh 9:21

Neh 9:21 - Yea, forty^H705 years^H8141 didst thou sustain^H3557 them in the wilderness,^H4057 so that they lacked^H2637 nothing; their clothes^H8008 waxed not old,^H1086 and their feet^H7272 swelled^H1216 not.

Psa 8:5

Psa 8:5 - For thou hast made him a little^H4592 lower^H2637 than the angels,^H430 and hast crowned^H5849 him with glory^H3519 and honour.^H1926

Psa 23:1

Psa 23:1 - [[A Psalm^H4210 of David.]]^H1732 The LORD^H3068 is my shepherd;^H7462 I shall not want.^H2637

Psa 34:10

Psa 34:10 - The young lions^H3715 do lack,^H7326 and suffer hunger:^H7456 but they that seek^H1875 the LORD^H3068 shall not want^H2637 any good^H2896 thing.

Pro 13:25

Pro 13:25 - The righteous^H6662 eateth^H398 to the satisfying^H7648 of his soul:^H5315 but the belly^H990 of the wicked^H7563 shall want.^H2637

Pro 31:11

Pro 31:11 - The heart^H3820 of her husband^H1167 doth safely trust^H982 in her, so that he shall have no need^H2637 of spoil.^H7998

Ecc 4:8

Ecc 4:8 - There is^H3426 one^H259 alone, and there is not a second;^H8145 yea, he hath neither child^H1121 nor brother:^H251 yet is there no end^H7093 of all his labour;^H5999 neither is his eye^H5869 satisfied^H7646 with riches;^H6239 neither saith he, For whom do I labour,^H6001 and bereave^H2637 my soul^H5315 of good?^H2896 This is also vanity,^H1892 yea, it is a sore^H7451 travail.^H6045

Ecc 9:8

Ecc 9:8 - Let thy garments^H899 be always^H6256 white;^H3836 and let thy head^H7218 lack^H2637 no ointment.^H8081

Sng 7:2

Sng 7:2 - Thy navel^H8326 is like a round^H5469 goblet,^H101 which wanteth^H2637 not liquor:^H4197 thy belly^H990 is like an heap^H6194 of wheat^H2406 set about^H5473 with lilies.^H7799

Isa 32:6

Isa 32:6 - For the vile person^H5036 will speak^H1696 villany,^H5039 and his heart^H3820 will work^H6213 iniquity,^H205 to practise^H6213 hypocrisy,^H2612 and to utter^H1696 error^H8442 against the LORD,^H3068 to make empty^H7324 the soul^H5315 of the hungry,^H7457 and he will cause the drink^H4945 of the thirsty^H6771 to fail.^H2637

Isa 51:14

Isa 51:14 - The captive exile^H6808 hasteneth^H4116 that he may be loosed,^H6605 and that he should not die^H4191 in the pit,^H7845 nor that his bread^H3899 should fail.^H2637

Jer 44:18

Jer 44:18 - But since we left off^H2308 to burn incense^H6999 to the queen^H4446 of heaven,^H8064 and to pour out^H5258 drink offerings^H5262 unto her, we have wanted^H2637 all things, and have been consumed^H8552 by the sword^H2719 and by the famine.^H7458

Eze 4:17

Eze 4:17 - That they may want^H2637 bread^H3899 and water,^H4325 and be astonied^H8074 one^H376 with another,^H251 and consume away^H4743 for their iniquity.^H5771