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lack

Meaning of “lack”

Sense 1: To be without or in need of something. Sense 2: As a noun, want, shortage, or absence.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
15 occurrences14 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 18:28

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2 Corinthians 8:15
As it is written, He that had gathered much had nothing over; and he that had gathered little had no lack.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Corinthians 8:15 · retained source text

As it is written, Hee that had gathered much, had nothing ouer, and hee that had gathered little, had no lacke.

1611 marginal noteExod. 16.18.

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Historical definitions

To want; to be destitute of; not to have or possess.

volume 2, leaf 31, column 3 (main_dictionary)