Word Summary
hysterēsis: need, want
Original Word: ὑστέρησιςTransliteration: hysterēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (hoos-ter'-ay-sis)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: need, want
Meaning: need, want
Strong's Concordance
need, want, poverty
A falling short, i.e. (specially), penury -- want.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5304: ὑστέρησιςὑστέρησις,
ὑστερήσεως,
ἡ (
ὑστερέω),
want, poverty:
Mark 12:44;
καθ' ὑστέρησιν, on account of want,
Philippians 4:11 (cf.
κατά, II. 3 c.
γ, p. 328b bottom). (Ecclesiastical writings.)