Genesis 18:28
Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
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Lack
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James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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2 occurrences in 1 verses.
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חָסֵר
châçêr · khaw-sare'
4 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
Strong's KJV usage: be abated, bereave, decrease, (cause to) fail, (have) lack, make lower, want.
Strong's first: Genesis 18:28Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 9:8
Open full H2637 profile →בְּלִי
bᵉlîy · bel-ee'
2 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
properly, failure, i.e. nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: corruption, ig(norantly), for lack of, where no...is, so that no, none, not, un(awares), without.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 4:11Strong's last: Job 38:41
Open full H1097 profile →ἐλαττονέω
elattonéō · el-at-ton-eh-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to diminish, i.e. fall short
Strong's KJV usage: :--have lack.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 8:15Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:15
Open full G1641 profile →λείπω
leípō · li'-po
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to leave, i.e. (intransitively or passively) to fail or be absent
Strong's KJV usage: :--be destitute (wanting), lack.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: James 1:5Strong's last: James 1:5
Open full G3007 profile →ὑστέρημα
hystérēma · hoos-ter'-ay-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
a deficit; specially, poverty
Strong's KJV usage: :--that which is behind, (that which was) lack(-ing), penury, want.
Strong's first: Philippians 2:30Strong's last: Philippians 2:30
Open full G5303 profile →χρεία
chreía · khri'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form47 total Strong's occurrences
employment, i.e. an affair; also (by implication) occasion, demand, requirement or destitution
Strong's KJV usage: :--business, lack, necessary(-ity), need(-ful), use, want.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Thessalonians 4:12Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 4:12
Open full G5532 profile →מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr · makh-sore'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Strong's KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Strong's first: Proverbs 28:27Strong's last: Proverbs 28:27
Open full H4270 profile →רוּשׁ
rûwsh · roosh
1 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to be destitute
Strong's KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Strong's first: Psalms 34:10Strong's last: Psalms 34:10
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H2637
Let thy garments be always white; and let thy head lack no ointment.
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lack
LACK, verb transitive [Latin deliquium, which seems to be connected with linquo, to leave, to faint, and with liquo, to melt, liquid, etc.]
1. To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess.
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask it of God - James 1:5.
2. To blame. [Not in use.]
LACK, verb intransitive
1. To be in want.
The young lions do lack and suffer hunger. Psalms 34:10.
2. To be wanting.
Perhaps there shall lack five of the fifty righteous.
Genesis 18:28.
LACK, noun Want; destitution; need; failure.
He that gathered little, had no lack Exodus 14:1.
LACK of rupees is one hundred thousand rupees, which at 55 cents each, amount to fifty five thousand dollars, or at 2 Samuel 6:1d. sterling, to 12, 500 pounds.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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