Strong G5302ὑστερέω
to lack
- Transliteration
- hustereō
- Pronunciation
- hoos-ter-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G5306; to be later that is (by implication) to be inferior; genitively to fall short (be deficient): - come behind (short) be destitute fall lack suffer need (be in) want be the worse.
Detailed definition
ὑστερέω, -ῶ
(ὕστερος), [in LXX for חָסֵר, חָדַל etc.;]
to come late, be behind (opposite to προτερέω, φθάνω; with genitive of thing(s), for; with genitive of person(s), later than).
Metaphorical,
1. of persons,
__(a) absol., to come short, fail: Heb.4:1; before ἀπό, Heb.12:15.;
__(b) with genitive of person(s), to come short of, be inferior to: 2Co.11:5; οὐδέν (in nothing, in no respect), 2Co.12:11;
__(with) with reference to things, to come short (of ), be in want (of ): with accusative of thing(s), Mat.19:20 (Sir.51:24); with genitive of thing(s), Luk.22:35; so mid. (Diod., FlJ), Rom.3:23; absol., to be in want, suffer want, Luk.15:14, 1Co.8:8, 2Co.11:8, Heb.11:37 (Sir.11:11); opposite to περισσεύειν, Php.4:12; before ἐν, 1Co.1:7.
2. Of things,
__(a) to fail, be lacking: Jhn.2:3; with accusative of person(s) (see Swete, in l; Mozley, Psa.42:1-11), Mrk.10:21;
__(b) to be inferior: mid., 1Co.12:24 (cf. ἀφ-υστερέω).†
(AS)
(ὕστερος), [in LXX for חָסֵר, חָדַל etc.;]
to come late, be behind (opposite to προτερέω, φθάνω; with genitive of thing(s), for; with genitive of person(s), later than).
Metaphorical,
1. of persons,
__(a) absol., to come short, fail: Heb.4:1; before ἀπό, Heb.12:15.;
__(b) with genitive of person(s), to come short of, be inferior to: 2Co.11:5; οὐδέν (in nothing, in no respect), 2Co.12:11;
__(with) with reference to things, to come short (of ), be in want (of ): with accusative of thing(s), Mat.19:20 (Sir.51:24); with genitive of thing(s), Luk.22:35; so mid. (Diod., FlJ), Rom.3:23; absol., to be in want, suffer want, Luk.15:14, 1Co.8:8, 2Co.11:8, Heb.11:37 (Sir.11:11); opposite to περισσεύειν, Php.4:12; before ἐν, 1Co.1:7.
2. Of things,
__(a) to fail, be lacking: Jhn.2:3; with accusative of person(s) (see Swete, in l; Mozley, Psa.42:1-11), Mrk.10:21;
__(b) to be inferior: mid., 1Co.12:24 (cf. ἀφ-υστερέω).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5302 appears in 16 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- come3
- lack3
- want3
- be2
- destitute1
- fail1
- lackest1
- suffer1
- whit1
- worse1
First verses
- Matthew 19:20The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
- Mark 10:21Then 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 treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
- Luke 15:14And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
- Luke 22:35And he said unto them, When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any thing? And they said, Nothing.
- John 2:3And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.
- Romans 3:23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;
- 1 Corinthians 1:7So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
- 1 Corinthians 8:8But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
- 1 Corinthians 12:24For our comely parts have no need: but God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked:
- 2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
- 2 Corinthians 11:9And 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 in all things I have kept myself from being burdensome unto you, and so will I keep myself.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11I 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 I be nothing.
- Philippians 4:12I 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 suffer need.
- Hebrews 4:1Let 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 11:37They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;
- Hebrews 12:15Looking 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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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ὑστερ-έω,
future -ήσω[LXX (LXX.Psa.83(84).12, +others:)]aorist ὑστέρησα (frequently with variant{ὑστέρισα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, etc.)]: perfect ὑστέρηκα [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.47, NT.Heb.4.1)]: pluperfect ὑστερήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31)]:—passive, aorist ὑστερήθην [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.11.9, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.6.7)]: (ὕστερος):—to be behind or later, come late, opposed to προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 976, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447a: with _dative_ modi, ὑ. τῇ διώξει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134; τῇ βοηθείᾳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.3)]: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.46U.)]
II with genitive of things, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (variant{ὑστέρισαν}) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.89; ὑ. τῆς μάχης ἡμέραις (sic to be read cum codex C 1, pro -ρας) πέντε)] came too late for the battle by five days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.12; ὑστερήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.44; ὑ. δείπνου 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 39)]; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31)]; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.1)]; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.101.4; τῶν καιρῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 175a26; τῆς ἐργασίας “PCair.Zen.” 25.12 (3rd c.BC))]; ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.362; τῆς βοηθείας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.110.)]
II.2 with genitive person, come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.25)]: also with dative, come too late for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29.)]
II.3 ὑ. ἔς τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.7.3.)]
III metaphorically, lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν.. ἀποστόλων [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.2Cor.11.5; ἐμπειρίᾳ ὑ. τῶν ἄλλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539e)]; μηδ᾽ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ.[LXX ([prev. work] 484d; ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ LXX.Psa.38(39).5.)]
III.2 fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 60.)]
IV fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Clearchus Comicus 3.5; τοῦ δικαίου “PEnteux.” 86.11 (3rd c.BC))]; ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 270.5 (3rd c.BC):)] —middle (with aorist passive), ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.71, NT.Rom.3.23, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.6.7, “PMasp.” 2 iii 14 (6th c.AD))]; ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 5.1708.85 (6th c.AD))]; δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ὑστερεῖται [LXX (LXX.Deu.15.8 (codex A))]; in future middle, παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1203.)]
IV.2 absolutely, fail, come to grief, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.50 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.43.6 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, to be in want, [NT (NT.Luke.15.14, NT.1Cor.8.8)]; perfect participle ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.9.)]
V of things, fail, be wanting, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.13, NT.John.2.3)]; ἕν σε (variant σοι) ὑστερεῖ [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Mark.10.21; ὡς μὴ ὑστερεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων “BGU” 1074.7 (3rd c.AD).—Cf. ὑστερίζω throughout.)]
future -ήσω[LXX (LXX.Psa.83(84).12, +others:)]aorist ὑστέρησα (frequently with variant{ὑστέρισα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, etc.)]: perfect ὑστέρηκα [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 15.47, NT.Heb.4.1)]: pluperfect ὑστερήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31)]:—passive, aorist ὑστερήθην [NT+1st c.AD+ (NT.2Cor.11.9, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.6.7)]: (ὕστερος):—to be behind or later, come late, opposed to προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.70, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 976, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.1.3, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447a: with _dative_ modi, ὑ. τῇ διώξει 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134; τῇ βοηθείᾳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.3)]: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 2p.46U.)]
II with genitive of things, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (variant{ὑστέρισαν}) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.89; ὑ. τῆς μάχης ἡμέραις (sic to be read cum codex C 1, pro -ρας) πέντε)] came too late for the battle by five days, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.7.12; ὑστερήσαντες οὐ πολλῷ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.44; ὑ. δείπνου 4th c.BC: Amphis Comicus 39)]; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.31)]; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 2.1)]; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 5.101.4; τῶν καιρῶν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 175a26; τῆς ἐργασίας “PCair.Zen.” 25.12 (3rd c.BC))]; ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] [Refs 1st c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 7.362; τῆς βοηθείας 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 13.110.)]
II.2 with genitive person, come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.5.25)]: also with dative, come too late for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.29.)]
II.3 ὑ. ἔς τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.7.3.)]
III metaphorically, lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν.. ἀποστόλων [NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.2Cor.11.5; ἐμπειρίᾳ ὑ. τῶν ἄλλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 539e)]; μηδ᾽ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ.[LXX ([prev. work] 484d; ἵνα γνῶ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ LXX.Psa.38(39).5.)]
III.2 fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Par.” 60.)]
IV fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Clearchus Comicus 3.5; τοῦ δικαίου “PEnteux.” 86.11 (3rd c.BC))]; ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PCair.Zen.” 270.5 (3rd c.BC):)] —middle (with aorist passive), ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος [NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 18.71, NT.Rom.3.23, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 15.6.7, “PMasp.” 2 iii 14 (6th c.AD))]; ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“PLond.” 5.1708.85 (6th c.AD))]; δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ὑστερεῖται [LXX (LXX.Deu.15.8 (codex A))]; in future middle, παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1203.)]
IV.2 absolutely, fail, come to grief, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.50 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus)]; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.43.6 (3rd c.BC))]:—middle, to be in want, [NT (NT.Luke.15.14, NT.1Cor.8.8)]; perfect participle ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1457.9.)]
V of things, fail, be wanting, [NT+1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 5.75.13, NT.John.2.3)]; ἕν σε (variant σοι) ὑστερεῖ [NT+3rd c.AD+ (NT.Mark.10.21; ὡς μὴ ὑστερεῖν τι ὑμῖν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δικαίων “BGU” 1074.7 (3rd c.AD).—Cf. ὑστερίζω throughout.)]