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want

Meaning of “want”

Absence, lack, need, poverty, or insufficiency of what is required; to lack, be without, need, or come short of it.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
31 occurrences30 verses14 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:48

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Deuteronomy 28:48
Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:48 · retained source text

Therefore shalt thou serue thine enemies, which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakednesse, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron vpon thy necke, vntill he haue destroyed thee.

Deuteronomy 28:57
And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:57 · retained source text

And towards her yong one that commeth out from betweene her feete, and towards her children which shee shall beare: for shee shall eate them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitnes, wherewith thine enemie shall distresse thee in thy gates.

1611 marginal noteHebr. after-birth.

Judges 18:10
When ye go, ye shall come unto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of any thing that is in the earth.
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1611 witness · Judges 18:10 · retained source text

When ye goe, ye shall come vnto a people secure, and to a large land: for God hath giuen it into your handes: a place where there is no want of any thing, that is in the earth.

Judges 19:19
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 19:19 · retained source text

Yet there is both straw and prouender for our asses, and there is bread and wine also for me and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy seruants: there is no want of any thing.

Job 24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 24:8 · retained source text

They are wet with the showres of the mountaines, and imbrace the rocke for want of a shelter.

Job 30:3
For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Job 30:3 · retained source text

For want and famine they were solitarie: flying into the wildernesse in former time desolate and waste:

1611 marginal noteOr, darke as the night.

1611 marginal noteHeb. yesternight.

Job 31:19
If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Job 31:19 · retained source text

If I haue seene any perish for want of cloathing, or any poore without couering:

Psalms 23:1
THE Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 23:1 · retained source text

¶ The LORD is my shepheard, I shall not want.

Psalms 34:9
O fear the Lord, ye his saints: for there is no want to them that fear him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 34:9 · retained source text

O feare the LORD yee his Saints: for there is no want to them that feare him.

Psalms 34:10
The young lions do lack, and suffer hunger: but they that seek the Lord shall not want any good thing.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 34:10 · retained source text

The young lyons doe lacke, and suffer hunger: but they that seeke the LORD, shall not want any good thing.

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