Word Study · Strong's H4270 · Hebrew
מַחְסוֹר
machsor
makh-sore'
Strong's 1890 spelling: machçôwr
“deficiency”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Rendered in the KJV as
lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
- 13occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 13 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃4
- וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָ1
- וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗1
- מַ֝חְס֗וֹר1
- מַחְס֔וֹר1
- מַחְס֖וֹר1
- מַ֭חְסוֹר1
- מַחְס֑וֹר1
- מַחְסוֹרְךָ֖1
- מַחְסֹר֔וֹ1
How it is rendered · 9
- to poverty4
- [is] lack of2
- [is] lack1
- and lack your1
- and poverties your1
- lack1
- lack his1
- lack your1
- poverty1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- preposition + noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular3
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Ncmsa · 4
- HNcmsa · 3
- HNcmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmpc/Sp2ms · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 1
All 13, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Proverbs carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Judges3 occurrences
- Judges 18:10מַחְס֔וֹרmachsornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When you enter, you will come to an unsuspecting people and a spacious land, for God has delivered it into your hand. It is a place where nothing on earth is lacking.”here: [is] lack of
- Judges 19:19מַחְס֖וֹרmachsornoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)even though there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and bread and wine for me and the maidservant and young man with me. There is nothing that we, your servants, lack.”here: [is] lack of
- Judges 19:20מַחְסוֹרְךָ֖machsorkhanoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singular“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”here: lack your
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs8 occurrences
- Proverbs 6:11וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗umachsorekhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.here: and lack your
- Proverbs 11:24לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃lemachsorpreposition + noun · masculine singularOne gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds what is right, only to become poor.here: to poverty
- Proverbs 14:23לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃lemachsorpreposition + noun · masculine singularThere is profit in all labor, but mere talk leads only to poverty.here: to poverty
- Proverbs 21:5לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃lemachsorpreposition + noun · masculine singularThe plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty.here: to poverty
- Proverbs 21:17מַ֭חְסוֹרmachsornoun · masculine singularHe who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich.here: poverty
- Proverbs 22:16לְמַחְסֽוֹר׃lemachsorpreposition + noun · masculine singularOppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.here: to poverty
- Proverbs 24:34וּ֝מַחְסֹרֶ֗יךָumachsoreikhaconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularand poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.here: and poverties your
- Proverbs 28:27מַחְס֑וֹרmachsornoun · masculine singularWhoever gives to the poor will not be in need, but he who hides his eyes will receive many curses.here: [is] lack