חָסֵר

cha.serto lackHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb22 occurrences12 books22 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
Traditional renderings: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חָסֵר:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

22 total
  1. Genesis 8:3וַיַּחְסְר֣וּ · had gone down
    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  2. Genesis 8:5וְחָס֔וֹר · to recede
    And the waters continued to recede until the tenth month, and on the first day of the tenth month the tops of the mountains became visible.
  3. Genesis 18:28יַחְסְר֞וּן · lack
    …suppose the fifty righteous ones lack five. Will You destroy the whole city for the lack of five?” He replied, “If I find forty-five there, I will not destroy it.”
  4. Exodus 16:18הֶחְסִ֑יר · shortfall
    When they measured it by the omer, he who gathered much had no excess, and he who gathered little had no shortfall. Each one gathered as much as he needed to eat.
  5. Deuteronomy 2:7חָסַ֖רְתָּ · and you have lacked
    Indeed, the LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast wilderness. The LORD your God has been with you these forty years, and you have lacked nothing.
  6. Deuteronomy 8:9תֶחְסַ֥ר · where you will lack
    …a land where you will eat food without scarcity, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and whose hills are ready to be mined for copper.
  7. Deuteronomy 15:8יֶחְסַ֖ר
    Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.
  8. 1 Kings 17:14תֶחְסָ֑ר · run dry
    …for this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘The jar of flour will not be exhausted and the jug of oil will not run dry until the day the LORD sends rain upon the face of the earth.’”
  9. 1 Kings 17:16חָסֵ֑ר · run dry
    The jar of flour was not exhausted and the jug of oil did not run dry, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through Elijah.
  10. Nehemiah 9:21חָסֵ֑רוּ · [so that] they lacked
    For forty years You sustained them in the wilderness, so that they lacked nothing. Their clothes did not wear out and their feet did not swell.
  11. Psalm 8:5וַתְּחַסְּרֵ֣הוּ · You made him a little lower
    You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.
  12. Psalm 23:1אֶחְסָֽר׃ · want
    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
  13. Psalm 34:10יַחְסְר֥וּ · lack
    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
  14. Proverbs 13:25תֶּחְסָֽר׃פ · is empty
    A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
  15. Proverbs 31:11יֶחְסָֽר׃ · and he lacks
    The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.
  16. Ecclesiastes 4:8וּמְחַסֵּ֤ר · and bereave
    There is a man all alone, without even a son or brother. And though there is no end to his labor, his eyes are still not content with his wealth: “For whom do I toil and bereave my soul of enjoyment?” This too is futile—a miserable task.
  17. Ecclesiastes 9:8יֶחְסָֽר׃ · spare
    Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.
  18. Song of Solomon 7:2יֶחְסַ֖ר · lacks
    Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
  19. Isaiah 32:6יַחְסִֽיר׃ · of
    For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
  20. Isaiah 51:14יֶחְסַ֖ר · be lacking
    The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.
  21. Jeremiah 44:18חָסַ֣רְנוּ · we have lacked
    But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
  22. Ezekiel 4:17יַחְסְר֖וּ · they will lack
    So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.