ὑστερέω hustereō

Greek word for “to lack” · Strong’s G5302 · used 16 times in 16 verses

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Meaning

ὑστερέω, -ῶ; (ὕστερος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for hustereō in context, with how often each is used:

• lacking 2
• do i lack? 1
• need 1
• did you lack? 1
• when was running out 1
• fall short 1
• still do we come short 1
• become lacking 1
• have been inferior 1
• having been in need 1
• inferior 1
• deficient 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

2 Corinthians 11 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Mark 10 (1), Luke 15 (1), Luke 22 (1), John 2 (1), Romans 3 (1), 1 Corinthians 1 (1), 1 Corinthians 8 (1), 1 Corinthians 12 (1)

Forms

• ὑστερεῖσθαι 3
• ὑστερηκέναι 2
• ὑστερῶ 1
• ὑστερεῖ 1
• ὑστερήσατε 1
• ὑστερήσαντος 1
• ὑστεροῦνται 1
• ὑστερούμεθα 1
• ὑστερουμένῳ 1
• ὑστερηθεὶς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with hustereō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• περισσεύω perisseuō “to exceed” 2
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 3
• ἀπόστολος apostolos “apostle” 2
• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 2
• ὑπέρ huper “above/for” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2

Key verses

The verses using hustereō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 10:21 — Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have…
• Luke 22:35 — And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
• Romans 3:23 — For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
• 1 Corinthians 1:7 — So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
• 1 Corinthians 8:8 — But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
• 2 Corinthians 11:5 — For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
• 2 Corinthians 11:9 — And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lacking to me the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied: and…
• 2 Corinthians 12:11 — I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though…
• Philippians 4:12 — I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to…
• Hebrews 4:1 — Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
• Hebrews 11:37 — They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted,…
• Hebrews 12:15 — Looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled;

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.