מַחְסוֹר machsor

Hebrew word for “need” · Strong’s H4270 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

1) need, poverty, thing needed; 1a) need, thing needed; 1b) lack, want; 1c) need, poverty

How it is translated

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

• lack 7
• poverty 5
• poverties 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 19 (2), Proverbs 21 (2), Deuteronomy 15 (1), Judges 18 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Proverbs 6 (1), Proverbs 11 (1), Proverbs 14 (1), Proverbs 22 (1), Proverbs 24 (1)

Forms

• מחסור 5
• למחסור 4
• מחסרו 1
• מחסורך 1
• ומחסרך 1
• ומחסריך 1

Words used with it

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

• אַךְ akh “surely” 4
• מוֹתָר motar “advantage” 2
• רֵישׁ resh “poverty” 2
• אַיִן ayin “nothing” 4
• מָגֵן magen “shield” 2
• יֵשׁ yesh “there” 2
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 2
• דָּבָר davar “word” 3
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2

Key verses

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

• Deuteronomy 15:8 — But thou shalt open thine hand wide unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need, in that which he wanteth.
• Judges 18:10 — When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is…
• Judges 19:20 — And the old man said, Peace be with thee; howsoever let all thy wants lie upon me; only lodge not in the street.
• Psalms 34:9 — O fear the LORD, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
• Proverbs 6:11 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 11:24 — There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
• Proverbs 14:23 — In all labour there is profit: but the talk of the lips tendeth only to penury.
• Proverbs 21:5 — The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
• Proverbs 21:17 — He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
• Proverbs 22:16 — He that oppresseth the poor to increase his riches, and he that giveth to the rich, shall surely come to want.
• Proverbs 24:34 — So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.
• Proverbs 28:27 — He that giveth unto the poor shall not lack: but he that hideth his eyes shall have many a curse.

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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.