Strong's Lexicon

H4270

H4270 — מַחסוֹר מַחסוֹר

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmachcowrnoun mascOccurrences: 13TWOT: 705e

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H4270
Word:	מַחסוֹר מַחסוֹר
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H2637
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	13
Transliteration:	machcowr
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	makh-sore' (or machcor {makh-sore'}) n-m.
Meaning:	1. deficiency 2. (hence) impoverishment
KJV Renderings:	lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.

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מַחְסוֺר, מַחְסֹר noun [masculine] need, thing needed, poverty; — ׳ מ absolute Prov 11:24 + 6 t.; construct Judg 18:10; Judg 19:19 suffix מַחְסוֺרְךָ Judg 19:20 מַחְסרְךָ Prov 6:11 מַחְסֹרוֺ Deut 15:8 plural suffix מַחְסֹרֶיךָ Prov 24:34 —

1. need = thing needed דֵּי מַחְסֹרוֺ Deut 15:8 enough for his need (followed by אשׁר יֶחְסַר לוֺ, compare חָסֵר verb); עָלָ֑י ׳ כָּלמֿ Judg 19:20 all thy need be upon me (for me to provide).

2. lack, want כָּלדָּֿבָר ׳ אֵין מ Judg 18:10 no lack of anything, Judg 19:19; Ps 34:10.

3. in general, need, poverty Prov 6:11 (|| רֵאשׁ) = Prov 24:34 (|| רֵישׁ), Prov 11:24; Prov 14:23; Prov 21:5; Prov 22:16; Prov 28:27 ׳ אִישׁ מ Prov 21:17 a man of poverty.

חַף see II. חפף .

Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

מחסור (magh-s)

Judges 18:10

KJV: When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

EHCC: a place where (there is) no want

Judges 19:19

KJV: Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

EHCC: no want of any thing.

Psalms 34:9

KJV: O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

EHCC: (10).for (there is) no want to them

Proverbs 6:11

KJV: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

EHCC: and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 11:94

EHCC: but (it tendeth) to poverty.

Proverbs 14:38

EHCC: talk ofthe lips (tendeth) ouly to penury.

Proverbs 1:5

KJV: A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:

EHCC: one is) hasty only to want.

Proverbs 22:16

KJV: He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

EHCC: to the rich, (shall) surely (come) to want,

Proverbs 24:34

KJV: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.an…: Heb. a man of shield

EHCC: and thy want as an armed man.

Proverbs 28:27

KJV: He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

EHCC: He that giveth unto the poor shall aot lack: