Strong H2639חֶ֫סֶר

poverty

Transliteration
cheser
Pronunciation
kheh'-ser
Morphology
Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From H2637; lack; hence destitution: - {poverty} want.

Detailed definition

poverty, want

In the Bible

Strong H2639 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • poverty1
  • want1

First verses

  1. Job 30:3
    For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
  2. Proverbs 28:22
    He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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