Strong's Definition
from 2637; lack; hence, destitution
KJV Usage: poverty, want
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫סֶר (che.ser) — poverty. poverty, want
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun · חסר
Non-Possess | ≈ כָּפָן | ≠ הֹון
lack, want, shortage, poverty = state in which humans are in lack of something that they are supposed to have; ≈ associated with hardship
Non-Engage
lack = state in which humans are in lack of a particular quality that they are supposed to have
1 This instance may also be analyzed as חָסֶר (1b).
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חֶ֫סֶר n.m. want, poverty base