# H2639 חֶסֶר

חֶסֶר (cheçer), Strong’s H2639: lack; hence, destitution KJV: poverty, want.. Occurs 2 times.

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*cheçer* — lack; hence, destitution

KJV: poverty, want.

Derived from [חָסֵר châçêr](https://besorah.bible/word/H2637) (to lack)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- חֶ֫סֶר n.m. want, poverty

## Where it occurs
- [Proverbs 28:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/28?v=22) — A stingy man hurries after riches, and doesn’t know that poverty waits for him.
- [Job 30:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/30?v=3) — They are gaunt from lack and famine. They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of waste and desolation.