Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H4270: מַחְסוֹר

machçôwr · pronounced makh-sore' · “need”

Definition

deficiency; hence, impoverishment

KJV translates it as: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.

Word origin: or מַחְסֹר; from H2637 (חָסֵר);

Extended definition

1) need, poverty, thing needed
1a) need, thing needed
1b) lack, want
1c) need, poverty

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

How H4270 is translated

  • poverty ×5
  • your ×3
  • is lack of ×2
  • his ×1
  • lack ×1
  • is lack ×1

Bible verses with H4270 (machçôwr)

Machçôwr appears in 13 verses.

  • Deuteronomy 15:8

    But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.

  • Judges 18:10

    When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.

  • Judges 19:19

    Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.

  • Judges 19:20

    And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.

  • Psalms 34:9

    O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.

  • Proverbs 6:11

    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.

  • Proverbs 11:24

    There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.

  • Proverbs 14:23

    In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.

  • Proverbs 21:5

    The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

  • Proverbs 21:17

    He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.

  • Proverbs 22:16

    He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.

  • Proverbs 24:34

    So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

  • Proverbs 28:27

    He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.