Strong's Lexicon: H2637 חָסֵר

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H2637
Word:	חָסֵר
Part of Speech:	verb
Etymology:	a primitive root
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	21
Transliteration:	chacer
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	khaw-sare'
Meaning:	1. to lack 2. (by implication) to fail, want, lessen
KJV Renderings:	be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

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חָסֵר verb lack, need, be lacking, decrease (see Lag^{BN 143} ; Late Hebrew חִסֵּר cause to lack or fail, diminish (active), and derivatives; Aramaic חֲסַר, [untranscribed source text 1886], want, lack, and derivatives, compare Phoenician מחסר, see מחסור below; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1887] remove, strip off; disappear, retire (of water), fail (of sight), etc.; perhaps also Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 1888] be inferior, worthless, diminished Di^{590 and derivatives}) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ׳ ח 1Kgs 17:16 2 masculine singular חָסַרְתָּ Deut 2:7 3 plural חָסֵ֑רוּ Neh 9:21 1 plural חָסַרְנוּ Jer 44:18 Imperfect יֶחְסַר Deut 15:8 + 2 t.; יֶחְסָ֑ר Prov 31:11; Eccl 9:8 3 feminine singular תֶּחְסָ֑ר 1Kgs 17:14; Prov 13:25 2 masculine singular תֶּחְסַר Deut 8:9 1 singular תֶּחְסָ֑ר Ps 23:1 plural יַחְסְרוּ Ps 34:11; Ezek 4:17 וַיַּחְסְרוּ Gen 8:3 יַחְסְרוּן Gen 18:28 Infinitive construct חֲסַר Prov 10:21 Ew^{§ 238 a}, compare Ges ^{«GKC:45»§ 45}. 1 a; absolute חָסוֺר Gen 8:5 Participle חָסֵר 1Kgs 11:22; Eccl 10:3 (see חָסֵר below); —

1. lack:

a. with accusative Gen 18:28 ( J ) perchance the fifty righteous lack five, Deut 2:7 thou hast not lacked anything, Deut 8:9; Jer 44:18; 1Kgs 11:22; Ezek 4:17; Ps 34:11 ; Prov 31:11, compare also בַּחֲסַרלֵֿב Prov 10:21 by lacking intelligence (sense), (Di puts here Deut 15:8 , see below)

b. absolute be in want, want Ps 23:1; Prov 13:25 ; Neh 9:21.

2. be lacking, לוֺ ׳ מַחְסֹרוֺ אֲשֶׁר יֶח Deut 15:8 his lack (i.e. thing needed), which is lacking to him (possible also is, which he lacks for himself, so Di , see above); שֶׁמֶן ׳ עַלרֹֿאְשְׁךָ אַליֶֿח Eccl 9:8 oil on thy head let it not be lacking; see also absolute Isa 51:14; Song 7:3, and לִבּוֺ חָסֵר Eccl 10:3 his sense is lacking; of jar of oil 1Kgs 17:14; 1Kgs 17:16 (absolute) by meton. for the oil itself (compare || כלה be consumed, exhausted).

3. diminish, decrease, of waters Gen 8:3 ( P ), compare הָלוֺךְ וְחָסוֺר Gen 8:5 ( P ), waters continually diminished (see הלך above).

Pi`el cause to lack, with accusative of person, Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix וַתְּחַסְּרֵהוּ מעט מֵאֱלהים Ps 8:6 and thou didst make him lack little of God; Participle וּמְחַסֵּר אתנֿפשׁי מִטּוֺבָה Eccl 4:8 for whom am I labouring and depriving myself of good things?

Hiph`il Perfect הֶחֱסִיר Exod 16:18 Imperfect יַחְסִיר Isa 32:6 — cause to be lacking, fail, with accusative of thing ׳ מַשְׁקֵה צָמֵא יַח Isa 32:6 the drink of the thirsty he causeth to fail (|| לְהָרִיק נפשׁ רָעֵב ); absolute Exod 16:18 ( P ), he that gathered little caused no lack.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

חסר (g’hah-sēhr’)

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.

EHCC: thow hast lacked nothing.

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.

EHCC: they lacked nothing;

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.

EHCC: we have wanted

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.decreased…: Heb. were in going and decreasing

EHCC: the waters decreased continually (mary.

Genesis 8:3

KJV: And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.continually: Heb. in going and returning

EHCC: and after the end of the hundred sn fifty

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.

EHCC: Peradventure there shall eck

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.

EHCC: thow shalt not lack any (thing) in it;

Deuteronomy 15:8

KJV: But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

EHCC: need, (in that) which Ae wanteth.

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.sendeth: Heb. giveth

EHCC: neither shail the cruse of oil fail,

Psalms 23:1

KJV: A Psalm of David.The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

EHCC: my shepherd; J shall not wast.

Psalms 34:10

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

EHCC: (119. shall Not want any good

Proverbs 18:25

EHCC: the belly of the wicked shall wast,

Proverbs 31:11

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

EHCC: Ae shall have no need of spoil.

Ecclesiastes 9:8

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

EHCC: let thy head lack סם ointment, —

Song of Songs 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.liquor: Heb. mixture

EHCC: (3). goblet, (which) wanteth not liquor:

Psalms 8:5

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

EHCC: (6). For thou hast made hima litte ler

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.

EHCC: and bereave my soul of good?

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.

EHCC: gathered little Aad no lack;

Isaiah 82:6

EHCC: he will couse the drink of the thirty ו |

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