Word Study · Strong's H2640 · Hebrew
חֹסֶר
choser
kho'-ser
Strong's 1890 spelling: chôçer
“poverty”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
poverty
Rendered in the KJV as
in want of.
- 3occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 3 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- בְּחֹֽסֶר־1
- וּבְחֹ֣סֶר1
- וְחֹ֣סֶר1
How it is rendered · 3
- and in lack of1
- and lack of1
- in lack of1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/R/Ncmsc · 1
- HR/Ncmsc · 1
All 3, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Deuteronomy carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Deuteronomy2 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 28:48וּבְחֹ֣סֶרuvechoserconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.here: and in lack of
- Deuteronomy 28:57בְּחֹֽסֶר־bechoser-preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.here: in lack of