חָסֵר
cha.ser (H2637)
to lack
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word חָסֵר, transliterated as "cha.ser" with the Strong's number H2637, is a verb that means "to lack." Its semantic domain falls under the category of physical action, indicating it is a tangible, concrete concept with a direct, observable effect. This word is used a total of 23 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance in various contexts. While we can't know the full scope of its usage without additional data, the definition "to lack" suggests it could be related to physical shortages, deficiencies, or absences in areas such as provision, material goods, or support. The frequency of its usage implies its importance in conveying the idea of insufficiency or scarcity.
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The waters continually receded from the earth. After the end of one hundred fifty days the waters receded.
The waters receded continually until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains were visible.
What if there will lack five of the fifty righteous? Will you destroy all the city for lack of five?” He said, “I will not destroy it if I find forty-five there.”
When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They each gathered according to his eating.
For Yahweh your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has known your walking through this great wilderness. These forty years, Yahweh your God has been with you. You have lacked nothing.
a land in which you shall eat bread without scarcity, you shall not lack anything in it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
but you shall surely open your hand to him, and shall surely lend him sufficient for his need, which he lacks.
For Yahweh, the God of Israel says, ‘The jar of meal will not run out, and the jar of oil will not fail, until the day that Yahweh sends rain on the earth.’ ”
The jar of meal didn’t run out, and the jar of oil didn’t fail, according to Yahweh’s word, which he spoke by Elijah.
“Yes, forty years you sustained them in the wilderness. They lacked nothing. Their clothes didn’t grow old, and their feet didn’t swell.
For you have made him a little lower than the angels, and crowned him with glory and honor.
Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger, but those who seek Yahweh shall not lack any good thing.
The righteous one eats to the satisfying of his soul, but the belly of the wicked goes hungry.
The heart of her husband trusts in her. He shall have no lack of gain.
There is one who is alone, and he has neither son nor brother. There is no end to all of his labor, neither are his eyes satisfied with wealth. “For whom then, do I labor and deprive my soul of enjoyment?” This also is vanity. Yes, it is a miserable business.
Let your garments be always white, and don’t let your head lack oil.
Yes also when the fool walks by the way, his understanding fails him, and he says to everyone that he is a fool.
Your body is like a round goblet, no mixed wine is wanting. Your waist is like a heap of wheat, set about with lilies.
For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
The captive exile will speedily be freed. He will not die and go down into the pit. His bread won’t fail.
But since we stopped burning incense to the queen of the sky, and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked all things, and have been consumed by the sword and by the famine.
that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.