ὑστερέω
hysteréō · G5302 · Greek · 16 occurrences
Meanings
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to lack, to be in need of, to be in want
To be lacking in what is essential or needed
ExamplesLuke 15:14 “Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began doing without.
Luke 22:35 And He said to them, “When I sent you out without money belt and bag and sandals, you did not lack anything, did you?” They said, “No, nothing.”
John 2:3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, “They have no wine.”
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to lack benefits, to lack an advantage
To be lacking in any special benefit or advantage
Examples1 Corinthians 1:7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you eagerly await the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ,
1 Corinthians 8:8 Now food will not bring us close to God; we are neither the worse if we do not eat, nor the better if we do eat.
Hebrews 4:1 Therefore, we must fear if, while a promise remains of entering His rest, any one of you may seem to have come short of it.
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to be inferior, to lack honor
To be in a state of low status
Examples1 Corinthians 12:24 whereas our more presentable parts have no need of it. But God has so composed the body, giving more abundant honor to that part which lacked,
2 Corinthians 11:5 For I consider myself not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was in no respect inferior to the most eminent apostles, even though I am a nobody.
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to fail to attain, to not attain, to be behind in
To fail in some measure to attain some state or condition
ExamplesMatthew 19:20 The young man said to Him, “All these I have kept; what am I still lacking?”
Mark 10:21 Looking at him, Jesus showed love to him and said to him, “One thing you lack: go and sell all you possess and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.”
Romans 3:23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
16 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated (participle) 3
- Other words · 10 groups that occur once or twice (13) 13
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- δόξαglory 1
- μηδείςno one 1
- οὐδείςno one 1
- σύyou 1
- τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ χάρισμαgift, gracious gift 1
- ἀπόfrom+ χάριςgrace, favor, thanks 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἔτιstill 1
- μήnot 1
What is done to itIt is the object
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἐπισκοπέωto look after 1
- ἔπωto say 1
- λογίζομαιto count, to reckon, to consider 1
It is given or told toIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 4 entries
- To fail to attain, to not attain, to be behind in13.21
- Hebrews 4:1 warns that any one of you may seem “to have come short” of the promised rest.
- To lack, to be in need of, to be in want57.37
- Philippians 4:12 says Paul has learned the secret of both “having abundance and suffering need”.
- To lack benefits, to lack an advantage65.51
- 2 Corinthians 11:9 recounts that while Paul was in need, the brothers from Macedonia “fully supplied my need”.
- To be inferior, to lack honor87.65
- 2 Corinthians 11:5 has Paul say he considers himself “not in the least inferior to the most eminent apostles”.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ὑστερῶ; 1 aorist ὑστέρησα; perfect ὑστέρηκα; passive, present ὑστεροῦμαι; 1 aorist…
1. Active, "to be ὕστερος i. e. behind; i. e.
a. to come late or too tardily" (so in secular authors from Herodotus down): Heb 4:1; to be left behind in the race and so fail to reach the goal, to fall short of the end; with ἀπό and the genitive indicating the end, metaphorically, fail to become a partaker: ἀπό τῆς χάριτος, Heb 12:15 (others render here fall back (i. e. away) from; cf. Winers Grammar, § 30, 6 b.; Buttmann, 322f (276f) cf. § 132, 5) (Eccl 6:2).
b. to be inferior, in power, influence, rank, 1 Cor 12:24 (where L T Tr WH passive, ὑστερουμένῳ); in virtue, τί ἔτι ὑστερῶ; in what am I still deficient (A. V. what lack I yet (cf. Buttmann, § 131, 10)), Mt 19:20 (Sir. 51:24; ἵνα γνῷ τί ὑστερῶ ἐγώ, Ps 38:5; μηδ' ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενί μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑστερουντας, Plato, de rep. 6, p. 484 d.); μηδέν or οὐδέν followed by a genitive (depending on the idea of comparison contained in the verb (Buttmann, § 132, 22)) of the person, to be inferior to (A. V. to be behind) another in nothing, 2 Cor 11:5; 2 Cor 12:11.
c. to fail, be lacking (Dioscorides (?) 5, 86): Jn 2:3 (not Tdf.); ἕν σοι (T WH Tr marginal reading σε (cf. Buttmann, as above)) ὑστερεῖ, Mk 10:21.
d. to be in want of, lack: with a genitive of the thing (Winer's Grammar, § 30, 6), Lk 22:35 (Josephus, Antiquities 2, 2, 1).
2. Passive to suffer want (Winer's Grammar, 260 (244)): Lk 15:14; 2 Cor 11:9 (8); Heb 11:37 (Sir. 11:11); opposed to περισσεύειν, to abound, Phm 4:12; τίνος, to be devoid (R. V. fall short) of, Rom 3:23 (Diodorus 18, 71; Josephus, Antiquities 15, 6, 7); ἐν τίνι, to suffer want in any respect, 1 Cor 1:7, opposed to πλουτίζεσθαι ἐν τίνι, 1 Cor 1:5; to lack (be inferior) in excellence, worth, opposed to περισσεύειν (A. V. to be the worse... the better), 1 Cor 8:8. (Compare: ἀφυστερέω.)
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 4 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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