חָסֵר
châçêr · khaw-sare'
lacking; hence, without
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2637 (חָסֵר);
lacking; hence, without
- lacking
- hence, without
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, 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
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- void3 · 16%
- have i need1 · 5%
- or that lacketh1 · 5%
- unto him, but what hast thou lacked1 · 5%
- fail1 · 5%
- lacketh1 · 5%
- hither: as for him that wanteth1 · 5%
- hither: and as for him that wanteth1 · 5%
- of him that is void1 · 5%
- for want1 · 5%
- he that is void1 · 5%
- himself, and lacketh1 · 5%
- persons is void1 · 5%
- to him that is destitute1 · 5%
- that wanteth1 · 5%
- so that he wanteth1 · 5%
- faileth1 · 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.