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cha.ser H2637

חָסֵר (cha.ser) means “to lack” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

חָסֵר Hebrew · H2637 23 tagged occurrences in 23 verses

Pronunciation guide: khaw-sare' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H2637

חָסֵר · cha.ser · to lack

1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lack 1a2) to be lacking 1a3) to diminish, decrease 1b) (Piel) to cause to lack 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen

KJV glosses: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.

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How translators render H2637

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
lack 2
run dry 2
and bereave 1
and he lacks 1
and you have lacked 1
be lacking 1
had gone down 1
is empty 1
lacks 1
of 1
shortfall 1
so that they lacked 1
spare 1
they will lack 1
to recede 1
want 1
we have lacked 1
where you will lack 1
you made him a little lower 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
and bereave 1
decreased 1
fail 1
had no lack 1
i shall not want 1
in her so that he shall have no need 1
lack 1
lower 1
peradventure there shall lack 1
shall not want 1
shall want 1
should fail 1
that they may want 1
they lacked 1
thou shalt not lack 1
to fail 1
unto her we have wanted 1
wanteth 1
were abated 1
which he wanteth 1
with thee thou hast lacked 1

Verses containing H2637

Page 1 of 1. 23 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Genesis 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.

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  2. Genesis 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  3. Genesis 18:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  4. Exodus 16:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  5. Deuteronomy 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  6. Deuteronomy 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  7. Deuteronomy 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Instead, you are to open your hand to him and freely loan him whatever he needs.

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  8. 1 Kings 17:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.’”

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  9. 1 Kings 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  10. Nehemiah 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  11. Psalms 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor.

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    Source alternate reference: 8.6

  12. Psalms 23:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

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  13. Psalms 34:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Young lions go lacking and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.

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    Source alternate reference: 34.11

  14. Proverbs 13:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.

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  15. Proverbs 31:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he lacks nothing of value.

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  16. Ecclesiastes 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  17. Ecclesiastes 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Let your garments always be white, and never spare the oil for your head.

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  18. Ecclesiastes 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Even as the fool walks along the road, his sense is lacking, and he shows everyone that he is a fool.

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  19. Song of Solomon 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.

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    Source alternate reference: 7.3

  20. Isaiah 32:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  21. Isaiah 51:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The captive will soon be freed; he will not die in the dungeon, and his bread will not be lacking.

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  22. Jeremiah 44:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  23. Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

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