HebrewH2640Noun (Masculine)

חֹ֫סֶר

cho.ser

3Occurrences
H2640Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

poverty

from H2637 (חָסֵר);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
want, lack, want of, lack of

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

חֹ֫סֶר appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Deuteronomy
2
Amos
1

Key Passages

Amos 4:6BSB

“I beset all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread,yet you did not return to Me,”declares the LORD.

Deuteronomy 28:48BSB

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

Deuteronomy 28:57BSB

the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.