Definition
from H2637; poverty
Traditional renderings: in want of.
Traditional renderings: in want of.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders חֹ֫סֶר:
- ἐκλείπωekleipō“to fail”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
3 total
- Deuteronomy 28:48וּבְחֹ֣סֶר · and destitution…you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
- Deuteronomy 28:57בְּחֹֽסֶר־ · for lack…the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.
- Amos 4:6וְחֹ֣סֶר · with lack“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.