to lack

Greek Verb

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). (AS)

to lack

Greek Verb

ὑστερ-έω, future -ήσω[LXX]aorist ὑστέρησα (frequently with variant{ὑστέρισα}) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ὑστέρηκα [NT+1st c.BC+]: pluperfect ὑστερήκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, aorist ὑστερήθην [NT+1st c.AD+]: (ὕστερος):—to be behind or later, come late, opposed to προτερέω or φθάνω, ὑστέρησαν οἱ ἄγοντες [Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, occur later, of thunder after lightning, [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) with genitive of things, come later than, come too late for, ὑστέρησαν (variant{ὑστέρισαν}) ἡμέρῃ μιῇ τῆς συγκειμένης came one day after the appointed day, [Refs 5th c.BC+] came too late for the battle by five days, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὴ τῆς Μυτιλήνης ὑστερήκει had come too late to save M, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὑ. τῆς πατρίδος fail to assist it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν λέμβων ὑ. miss them, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ταύτης [τῆς ὥρας] [Refs 1st c.BC+] II.2) with genitive person, come after him, ὑ. εἰς Ἁλίαρτον τοῦ Λυσάνδρου [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with dative, come too late for him, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) ὑ. ἔς τι [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) metaphorically, lag behind, be inferior to, τῶν. ἀποστόλων [NT+5th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ ἐν ἄλλῳ μηδενὶ μέρει ἀρετῆς ὑ.[LXX] III.2) fall below, fail to do justice to a theme, ὑστερήσας οὐδὲν τῆς τέχνης [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV) fail to obtain, lack, τἀγαθοῦ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ξύλων ἀκανθίνων οὐχ ὑστεροῦσι, ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ἔχουσιν ἱκανά [Refs 3rd c.BC+] —middle (with aorist passive), ὑστερεῖσθαί τινος [NT+1st c.BC+]; ὑστερηθεὶς τῆς ὁράσεως having lost his sight, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; δάνιον δανιεῖς αὐτῷ ὅσον ἂν ἐπιδέηται καὶ καθ᾽ ὅσον ὑστερεῖται [LXX]; in future middle, παιδὸς ὑστερήσομαι (ἐστερήσομαι corr. Reiske) [Refs 5th c.BC+] IV.2) absolutely, fail, come to grief, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; fall short of supplies, ἵνα μηθὲν ὑστερῇ τὰ ἐλαιούργια [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—middle, to be in want, [NT]; perfect participle ὑστερημένοι those who have failed, [Refs 1st c.BC+] V) of things, fail, be wanting, [NT+1st c.AD+]; ἕν σε (variant σοι) ὑστερεῖ [NT+3rd c.AD+]

Greek

Verb

to be later, i.e. (by implication) to be inferior; generally, to fall short (be deficient); come behind (short), be destitute, fail, lack, suffer need, (be in) want, be the worse; from g5306 (ὕστερος)