Strong's Lexicon
G5302 — ὑστερέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G5302 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ὑστερέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G5306 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 16 |
| Transliteration: | hustereo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | hoos-ter-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be later 2. (by implication) to be inferior 3. (generally) to fall short (be deficient) |
| KJV Renderings: | come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑστερέω, ὑστερῶ; 1 aorist ὑστέρησα; perfect ὑστέρηκα; passive, present ὑστεροῦμαι; 1 aorist participle ὑστερηθείς; (ὕστερος);
1. Active, "to be ὕστερος i. e. behind; i. e.
a. to come late or too tardily" (so in secular authors from Herodotus down): Heb 4:1; to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end; with ἀπό and the genitive indicating the end, metaphorically, fail to become a partaker: ἀπό τῆς χάριτος, Heb 12:15 (others render here fall back (i. e. away) from; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 6 b.; Buttmann, 322f (276f) cf. § 132, 5) (Ecc 6:2).
b. to be inferior, in power, influence, rank, 1Co 12:24 (where L T Tr WH passive, ὑστερουμένῳ); in virtue, τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ; in what am I still deficient (A. V. what lack I yet (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10)), Mat 19:20 (Sir 51:24; ἵνα γνῷ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ, Psa 38:5 (); μηδ’ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενί μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑστερουντας, Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 d.); μηδέν or οὐδέν followed by a genitive (depending on the idea of comparison contained in the verb (Buttmann, § 132, 22)) of the person, to be inferior to (A. V. to be behind) another in nothing, 2Co 11:5; 2Co 12:11.
c. to fail, be lacking (Dioscorides (?) 5, 86): Joh 2:3 (not Tdf.); ἕν σοι (T WH Tr marginal reading σε (cf. Buttmann, as above)) ὑστερεῖ, Mar 10:21.
d. to be in want of, lack: with a genitive of the thing (Winer’s Grammar, § 30, 6), Luk 22:35 (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 2, 1).
2. Passive to suffer want (Winer’s Grammar, 260 (244)): Luk 15:14; 2Co 11:9 (8); Heb 11:37 (Sir 11:11); opposed to περισσεύειν, to abound, Php 4:12; τίνος, to be devoid (R. V. fall short) of, Rom 3:23 (Diodorus 18, 71; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 6, 7); ἐν τίνι, to suffer want in any respect, 1Co 1:7, opposed to πλουτίζεσθαι ἐν τίνι, 1Co 1:5; to lack (be inferior) in excellence, worth, opposed to περισσεύειν (A. V. to be the worse ... the better), 1Co 8:8. (Compare: ἀφυστερέω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ὑστερέω (come behind (short))
Matthew 19:20
- KJV: The young man saith unto him All these things have I kept from my youth up what lack I yet
- GK: λέγει αυτώ ο νεανίσκος πάντα ταύτα εφυλαξάμην εκ νεότητός μου τι έτι υστερώ
Mark 10:21
- KJV: Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him One thing thou lackest go thy way sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come take up the cross and follow me
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς εμβλέψας αυτώ ηγάπησεν αυτόν και είπεν αυτώ εν σοι υστερεί ύπαγε όσα έχεις πώλησον και δος τοις πτωχοίς και έξεις θησαυρόν εν ουρανώ και δεύρο ακολούθει μοι άρας τον σταυρόν
Luke 15:14
- KJV: And when he had spent all there arose a mighty famine in that land and he began to be in want
- GK: δαπανήσαντος δε αυτού πάντα εγένετο λιμός ισχυρός κατά την χώραν εκείνην και αυτός ήρξατο υστερείσθαι
Luke 22:35
- KJV: And he said unto them When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes lacked ye any thing And they said Nothing
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς ότε απέστειλα υμάς άτερ βαλαντίου και πήρας και υποδημάτων μη τινος υστερήσατε οι δε είπον ουθενός
John 2:3
- KJV: And when they wanted wine the mother of Jesus saith unto him They have no wine
- GK: και υστερήσαντος οίνου λέγει η μήτηρ του Ιησού προς αυτόν οίνον ουκ έχουσι
Romans 3:23
- KJV: For all have sinned and come short of the glory of God
- GK: πάντες γαρ ήμαρτον και υστερούνται της δόξης του θεού
1 Corinthians 1:7
- KJV: So that ye come behind in no gift waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ
- GK: ώστε υμάς μη υστερείσθαι εν μηδενί χαρίσματι απεκδεχομένους την αποκάλυψιν του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού
1 Corinthians 8:8
- KJV: But meat commendeth us not to God for neither if we eat are we the better neither if we eat not are we the worse
- GK: βρώμα δε ημάς ου παρίστησι τω θεώ ούτε γαρ εάν φάγωμεν περισσεύομεν ούτε εάν μη φάγωμεν υστερούμεθα
1 Corinthians 12:24
- KJV: For our comely have no need but God hath tempered the body together having given more abundant honour to that which lacked
- GK: τα δε ευσχήμονα ημών ου χρείαν έχει αλλ΄ ο θεός συνεκέρασε το σώμα τω υστερούντι περισσοτέραν δους τιμήν