ὑστερέω

hustereō
to lack
Strong’s G5302Verb16 times in the New Testament (critical text)

Where it occurs

Translated as

do i lack1
is lacking1
to be in need1
did you lack1
when was running out1
they fall short1
to be lacking1
still do we come short1

In the text

Abbott-Smith

ὑστερέω, -ῶ
(ὕστερος), [in LXX for חָסֵר, חָדַל etc. ;]
to come late, be behind (opposite to προτερέω, φθάνω; with genitive of thing(s), for; with genitive of person(s), later than).
Metaphorical,
1. of persons,
(a) absol., to come short, fail: Heb.4:1; before ἀπό, Heb.12:15.;
(b) with genitive of person(s), to come short of, be inferior to: 2Co.11:5; οὐδέν (in nothing, in no respect), 2Co.12:11;
(with) with reference to things, to come short (of ), be in want (of ): with accusative of thing(s), Mat.19:20 (Sir.51:24); with genitive of thing(s), Luk.22:35; so mid. (Diod., FlJ), Rom.3:23; absol., to be in want, suffer want, Luk.15:14, 1Co.8:8, 2Co.11:8, Heb.11:37 (Sir.11:11); opposite to περισσεύειν, Php.4:12; before ἐν, 1Co.1:7.
2. Of things,
(a) to fail, be lacking: Jhn.2:3; with accusative of person(s) (see Swete, in l; Mozley, Psa.42:1-11), Mrk.10:21;
(b) to be inferior: mid., 1Co.12:24 (cf. ἀφ-υστερέω).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.