Strong’s definition
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
KJV gloss list in the source
lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Source pronunciation notation: makh-sore'
Derivation recorded by Strong
or מַחְסֹר; from H2637 (חָסֵר);
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