- Original: מחסר מחסור - Transliteration: Machcowr - Phonetic: makh-sore' - Definition: 1. need, poverty, thing needed a. need, thing needed b. lack, want c. need, poverty - Origin: from H2637 - TWOT entry: 705e - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: From H2637 ; deficiency; hence impoverishment: - lack need penury poor poverty want. Total KJV Occurrences: 13 • lack, 1 Proverbs 28:27 • need, 1 Deuteronomy 15:8 • penury, 1 Proverbs 14:23 • poor, 1 Proverbs 21:17 • poverty, 1 Proverbs 11:24 • want, 7 Judges 18:10; Judges 19:19; Psalm 34:9; Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 21:5; Proverbs 22:16; Proverbs 24:34 • wants, 1 Judges 19:20