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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.

Definition sources

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

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Deuteronomy 28:48

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Job 24:8
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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
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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
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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
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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:

Complete reference index — all 30 verses
Deuteronomy 28:48Deuteronomy 28:57Judges 18:10Judges 19:19Job 24:8Job 30:3Job 31:19Psalms 23:1Psalms 34:9Psalms 34:10Proverbs 6:11Proverbs 10:21Proverbs 13:23Proverbs 13:25Proverbs 14:28Proverbs 21:5Proverbs 22:16Proverbs 24:34Isaiah 34:16Jeremiah 33:17Jeremiah 33:18Jeremiah 35:19Lamentations 4:9Ezekiel 4:17Amos 4:6Mark 12:44Luke 15:142 Corinthians 8:142 Corinthians 9:12Philippians 4:11

Where “want” appears

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Deuteronomy2 occurrences
2 versesJudges2 occurrences
2 versesJob3 occurrences
3 versesPsalms3 occurrences
3 versesProverbs8 occurrences
8 versesIsaiah1 occurrence
1 verseJeremiah3 occurrences
3 versesLamentations1 occurrence
1 verseEzekiel1 occurrence
1 verseAmos1 occurrence
1 verseMark1 occurrence
1 verseLuke1 occurrence
1 verse2 Corinthians3 occurrences
2 versesPhilippians1 occurrence
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