מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr · makh-sore'
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Lexicon
Derivation: or מַחְסֹר; from H2637 (חָסֵר);
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
- deficiency
- hence, impoverishment
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- רResh200
Picture: a human head
- Concrete
- head · face · person
- Extended
- first · top · beginning · chief · the highest
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to separate and protect › to support and uphold › to fasten and establish › the head, the highest
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to separate and protect that works to support and uphold that works to fasten and establish of the head, the highest.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַחְסוֹר 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 10 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and thy want2 · 15%
- for his need1 · 8%
- where there is no want1 · 8%
- there is no want1 · 8%
- let all thy wants1 · 8%
- for there is no want1 · 8%
- but it tendeth to poverty1 · 8%
- tendeth only to penury1 · 8%
- only to want1 · 8%
- shall be a poor1 · 8%
- shall surely come to want1 · 8%
- shall not lack1 · 8%
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.