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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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Showing verses 11–14 of 14 · 15 word occurrences in this result

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.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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.

1 Thessalonians 4:12
That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Thessalonians 4:12 · retained source text

That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may haue lacke of nothing.

1611 marginal noteOr, of no man.

James 1:5
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
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1611 witness · James 1:5 · retained source text

If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, that giueth to all men liberally, and vpbraideth not: and it shalbe giuen him.

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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)