Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H2640: חֹסֶר

chôçer · pronounced kho'-ser · “lack”

Definition

poverty

KJV translates it as: in want of.

Word origin: from H2637 (חָסֵר);

Extended definition

want, lack, want of, lack of

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H2640 is translated

  • lack of ×3

Bible verses with H2640 (chôçer)

Chôçer appears in 3 verses.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48

    Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.

  • Deuteronomy 28:57

    And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.

  • Amos 4:6

    And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord.