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want to lack, to be without

Not desire. "I shall not want" in Psalm 23 means I shall lack nothing — a promise of supply rather than a claim to have stopped wanting things.

Means: to lack, to be withoutIn the KJV: 44 timesStill in use, different meaning

Forms in the text

want 31×wanting 8×wanted 3×wants 2×

The word behind it

Where it appears

The first 30 of 42 verses.

Deuteronomy 28:48

Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:57

And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

Judges 18:10

When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

Judges 19:19

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

Judges 19:20

And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

2 Kings 10:19

Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.

Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

Job 30:3

For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.

Job 31:19

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Psalm 23:1

The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

Psalm 34:9

O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

Psalm 34:10

The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the LORD shall not want any good thing.

Proverbs 6:11

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 10:21

The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

Proverbs 13:23

Much food is in the tillage of the poor: but there is that is destroyed for want of judgment.

Proverbs 13:25

The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.

Proverbs 14:28

In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.

Proverbs 19:7

All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him.

Proverbs 21:5

The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

Proverbs 22:16

He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

Proverbs 24:34

So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Isaiah 34:16

Seek ye out of the book of the LORD, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.

Jeremiah 33:17

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

Jeremiah 33:18

Neither shall the priests the Levites want a man before me to offer burnt offerings, and to kindle meat offerings, and to do sacrifice continually.

Jeremiah 35:19

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before me for ever.

Jeremiah 44:18

But since we left off to burn incense to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto her, we have wanted all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.

Lamentations 4:9

They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

Ezekiel 4:17

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Daniel 5:27

TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting.

Common questions

What does "want" mean in the Bible?

In the King James Version want means to lack, to be without. Not desire. "I shall not want" in Psalm 23 means I shall lack nothing — a promise of supply rather than a claim to have stopped wanting things.

How many times does "want" appear in the King James Version?

44 times, counting its other forms (want 31 times, wanting 8 times, wanted 3 times, wants 2 times).

What Hebrew word is behind "want"?

Most often מַחְסוֹר (machçôwr), Strong's H4270, meaning deficiency; hence, impoverishment.

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