Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
KJV Usage: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָסֵר (cha.ser) — to lack. 1) to lack, be without, decrease, be lacking, have a need 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to lack 1a2) to be lacking 1a3) to diminish, decrease 1b) (Piel) to cause to lack 1c) (Hiphil) to cause to be lacking
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָסֵר · חֶסֶר · חֹסֶר · חַסְרָה · חֶסְרֹון · מַחְסֹור · חַסִּיר
Non-Space | verb qal
to lack, to be lacking, to fail, to dry up = state in which humans or objects are found less in quantity or entirely absent in a location where they are supposed to be present
GEN 8:3 · GEN 8:5 · GEN 18:28 · 1KI 17:14 · 1KI 17:16 · ECC 9:8 · SNG 7:3 · ISA 51:14
Non-Possess | verb qal, verb hif
to lack, to be in need (of something) = state in which humans lack something that they are supposed to have
EXO 16:18 · DEU 2:7 · DEU 8:9 · DEU 15:8 · NEH 9:21 · PSA 23:1 · PSA 34:11 · PRO 13:25 · PRO 31:11 · JER 44:18 · EZK 4:17
Non-Possess | verb hif
to deprive = causative action by which humans cause other humans to lack something that they are supposed to have
Non-Engage | verb pi
to deprive = causative action by which humans cause other humans to attain a certain state to a lesser extent than would be possible or desired
Insignificant | verb pi
to cause to be less = causative action by which deities cause humans to have a lesser status than other people
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָסֵר vb. lack, need, be lacking, decrease Qal lack
be lacking
diminish, decrease
Pi. cause to lack
Hiph. cause to be lacking, fail
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