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חָסֵר H2637

H2637 is the Hebrew word חָסֵר, transliterated châçêr and said khaw-sare'. The King James Version most often renders it lack.

Word: חָסֵרTransliteration: châçêrSaid: khaw-sare'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 15 verses

What it means

to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen.

Where it comes from

a primitive root.

How the King James Version translates it

Across 14 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

lack 2×want 2×decreased 1×peradventure there shall lack 1×no lack 1×hast lacked 1×fail 1×lacked 1×lower 1×no need 1×bereave 1×wanteth 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

Verses using חָסֵר

All 15 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 8:5 · KJV

And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.

Genesis 18:28 · KJV

Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.

Exodus 16:18 · KJV

And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.

Deuteronomy 2:7 · KJV

For the LORD thy God hath blessed thee in all the works of thy hand: he knoweth thy walking through this great wilderness: these forty years the LORD thy God hath been with thee; thou hast lacked nothing.

Deuteronomy 8:9 · KJV

A land wherein thou shalt eat bread without scarceness, thou shalt not lack any thing in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills thou mayest dig brass.

1 Kings 17:14 · KJV

For thus saith the LORD God of Israel, The barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the LORD sendeth rain upon the earth.

Nehemiah 9:21 · KJV

Yea, forty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing; their clothes waxed not old, and their feet swelled not.

Psalm 8:5 · KJV

For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.

Psalm 34:10 · KJV

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

Proverbs 31:11 · KJV

The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil.

Ecclesiastes 4:8 · KJV

There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

Ecclesiastes 9:8 · KJV

Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.

Song of Solomon 7:2 · KJV

Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies.

Jeremiah 44:18 · KJV

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.

Ezekiel 4:17 · KJV

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

Common questions

What does Strong's H2637 mean?

H2637 is the Hebrew word חָסֵר (châçêr), meaning to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen.

How is H2637 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it lack (2 times), want (2 times), decreased (1 time), peradventure there shall lack (1 time), no lack (1 time), among others.

How many times does H2637 appear in the Bible?

חָסֵר (châçêr) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H2637 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.

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