חָסֵרchâçêr

needy, lacking, in want of, needy, in want of (Ecclesiastes 6:2; 1 Samuel 21:16; 2 Samuel 3:29; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 6:32)

Pronunciation: khaw-sare' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2638

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Samuel 21:15 We already have enough of them around here! Why should I let someone like this be my guest?”
  • 2 Samuel 3:29 Joab and his family are the guilty ones. May the family of Joab be cursed in every generation with a man who has open sores or leprosy or who walks on crutches or dies by the sword or begs for food!”
  • 1 Kings 11:22 “Why?” Pharaoh asked him. “What do you lack here that makes you want to go home?” “Nothing,” he replied. “But even so, please let me return home.”
  • Proverbs 6:32 But the man who commits adultery is an utter fool, for he destroys himself.
  • Proverbs 7:7 I saw some naive young men, and one in particular who lacked common sense.
  • Proverbs 9:4 “Come in with me,” she urges the simple. To those who lack good judgment, she says,
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).