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ὑστερέωhysteréō
GreekG530217 occurrences (KJV)

to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient)

KJV renders it: come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse

Where it appears(showing the first 16 of 17)

  • Matt 19:20The young man said to him, “All these things I have observed from my youth. What do I still lack?”
  • Mark 10:21Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross.”
  • Luke 15:14When he had spent all of it, there arose a severe famine in that country, and he began to be in need.
  • Luke 22:35He said to them, “When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?” They said, “Nothing.”
  • John 2:3When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no wine.”
  • Rom 3:23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
  • 1 Cor 1:7so that you come behind in no gift; waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ;
  • 1 Cor 8:8But food will not commend us to God. For neither, if we don’t eat, are we the worse; nor, if we eat, are we the better.
  • 1 Cor 12:24whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God composed the body together, giving more abundant honor to the inferior part,
  • 2 Cor 11:5For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.
  • 2 Cor 11:9When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn’t a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
  • 2 Cor 12:11I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
  • Phil 4:12I know how to be humbled, and I know also how to abound. In everything and in all things I have learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in need.
  • Heb 4:1Let us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.
  • Heb 11:37They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated
  • Heb 12:15looking carefully lest there be any man who falls short of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and many be defiled by it;

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.