Definition

deficient

Etymology

(Aramaic) from a root corresponding to H2637 (חָסֵר);

Word family

• חָסֵר châçêr

How the KJV renders it

• wanting

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.