חָסֵר
châçêr · khaw-sare'
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- to lack
- by implication, to fail, want, lessen
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › to support and uphold › the head, the highest
To separate and protect that works to support and uphold of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָסֵר above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
23 occurrences · 23 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were abated1 · 5%
- decreased1 · 5%
- peradventure there shall lack1 · 5%
- had no lack1 · 5%
- hath been with thee; thou hast lacked1 · 5%
- thou shalt not lack1 · 5%
- in that which he wanteth1 · 5%
- fail1 · 5%
- so that they lacked1 · 5%
- lower1 · 5%
- i shall not want1 · 5%
- shall not want1 · 5%
- shall want1 · 5%
- in her, so that he shall have no need1 · 5%
- and bereave1 · 5%
- lack1 · 5%
- which wanteth1 · 5%
- to fail1 · 5%
- should fail1 · 5%
- unto her, we have wanted1 · 5%
- that they may want1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.