Words the Bible translates as lack
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- chreiaχρείαneed: the lack of something necessary, the thing lacked, or the matter that must be attended to
- hustereōὑστερέωto be behind: to fall short of, lack, or come up short of what one should have or reach
- ḥaserחָסֵרto be short of something needed, to lack or run low; and so to make something or someone fall short, to deprive
- husterēmaὑστέρημαa lack: something still missing from a required or expected whole, a shortfall waiting to be made up
- leipōλείπωto be missing: for something needed to be absent, so that a person, a supply, or a piece of work falls short of complete
- maḥsorמַחְסוֹרwhat a person lacks: a need waiting to be supplied, or the poverty that going short settles into
- adarעָדַרto be missing: absent from a group, a count, or a supply that ought to be complete
+2 more meanings
- to hoe: to break up and weed the soil of a field or vineyard by hand
- to support in battle: to join a fighting force as a backer, or to take one's place in its ranks
- ḥoserחֹסֶרlacknot studied yet
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