Want (Noun and Verb)

New Testament

Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words

Definition

A-1husteresisNounG5304

akin to B, No. 1 (below), occurs in Mar 12:14, Phi 4:11.

A-2husteremaNounG5305

denotes (more concretely than No. 1) (a) "that which is lacking" (see LACK); (b) "need, proverty, want," rendered "want" in Luk 21:4 (AV, "penury"); 2Co 8:14 (twice); 2Co 9:12, 2Co 11:9 (2nd occurence), RV, "want" (AV, "that which was lacking").

A-3chreiaNounG5532

is rendered "want" in Phi 2:25, AV (RV, "need"). See BUSINESS.

B-1hustereoVerbG5302

signifies "to be in want," Luk 15:14, 2Co 11:9 (1st occurrence); Phi 4:12, RV (AV "to suffer need"); in Joh 2:3, AV, "wanted" (RV, "failed"). See BEHIND, B, No. 1.

B-2leipoVerbG3007

"to leave," is rendered "to be wanting" in Tit 1:5, Tit 3:13, and in the AV in Jam 1:4. See LACK, C, No. 3.