חֹסֶרchôçer

want, lack (Amos 4:6; Deuteronomy 28:48; Deuteronomy 28:57)

Pronunciation: kho'-ser · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2640

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 3 times in the Bible.

  • Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. You will be left hungry, thirsty, naked, and lacking in everything. The Lord will put an iron yoke on your neck, oppressing you harshly until he has destroyed you.
  • Deuteronomy 28:57 She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.
  • Amos 4:6 “I brought hunger to every city and famine to every town. But still you would not return to me,” says the Lord.

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).