Hebrew adjective · H2638
חָסֵר
chaserkhaw-sare'
lacking
17 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: châçêr
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2638is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 39Old Testament books
- 8spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2638
lacking; hence, without
The King James renders it: destitute, fail, lack, have need, void, want.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chaser is rendered "lacking". It stands 17 times in the Hebrew text, across five books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Proverbs, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 21:15Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
- The Greek text spells it eight different ways.
The first use
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
1 Samuel 21:15חֲסַ֤ר
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Thirteen of the word's seventeen uses are in Proverbs.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- lacking of10
- and lacking of3
- lacking2
- by lack of1
- to lacking of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| חָסֵר | chaser | to lack | Uses23 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 17, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
8 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חֲסַר־8
- וַחֲסַר־3
- בַּחֲסַר־1
- חֲסַ֤ר1
- חֲסַ֣ר1
- חָסֵר֙1
- חָסֵ֥ר1
- לַחֲסַר־1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)10HAamsc
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Aamsc
- adjective · masculine singular2HAamsa
- preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Aamsc
1 Samuel
one use
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
- חֲסַ֤רchasaradjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
2 Samuel
one use
May it whirl over the heads of Joab and the entire house of his father, and may the house of Joab never be without one having a discharge or skin disease, or one who leans on a staff or falls by the sword or lacks food.”
- וַחֲסַר־vachasar-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lacking of
1 Kings
one use
But Pharaoh asked him, “What have you lacked here with me that you suddenly want to go back to your own country?” “Nothing,” Hadad replied, “but please let me go.”
- חָסֵר֙chaseradjective · masculine singulartagged: lacking
Proverbs
thirteen uses
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
I saw among the simple, I noticed among the youths, a young man lacking judgment,
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
“Whoever is simple, let him turn in here!” she says to him who lacks judgment.
- וַחֲסַר־vachasar-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lacking of
Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
- בַּחֲסַר־bachasar-preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: by lack of
Whoever shows contempt for his neighbor lacks judgment, but a man of understanding remains silent.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
Better to be lightly esteemed yet have a servant, than to be self-important but lack food.
- וַחֲסַר־vachasar-conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and lacking of
The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
Folly is joy to one who lacks judgment, but a man of understanding walks a straight path.
- לַחֲסַר־lachasar-preposition + adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to lacking of
A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment.
- חֲסַר־chasar-adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
A leader who lacks judgment is also a great oppressor, but he who hates dishonest profit will prolong his days.
- חֲסַ֣רchasaradjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: lacking of
Ecclesiastes
one use
God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
- חָסֵ֥רchaseradjective · masculine singulartagged: lacking
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.