חֶסֶר
cheser · want, need
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2639 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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cheser (חֶסֶר) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “want, need”.
Want, lack of what is needed.
How to say it
che·ser
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Lack of what is needed to live.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Job 30:3
Through want and famine they are barren; they gnaw the dry land, last night desolation and ruin.
- Proverbs 28:22
A man evil of eye hurries after wealth, and does not know that want will come upon him.