Cheser חֶ֫סֶר
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| חֶ֫סֶר | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | cheser |
| Strong's number | H2639 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | poverty |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Job (1) |
Cheser (Hebrew חֶ֫סֶר, Strong's H2639) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “poverty”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
poverty, want
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | want (1), poverty (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | poverty (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Cheser, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 30:3For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.Gaunt from poverty and hunger, they gnawed the dry land, and the desolate wasteland by night.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 28:22He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).