Quick Definition
ὑστέρημα, ατος, τό n.n. that which is lacking, poverty
Strong's Definition
from 5302; a deficit; specially, poverty
KJV Usage: that which is behind, (that which was) lack(-ing), penury, want
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, n. | -τος | ὑστερέω
57.38 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Need, Lack
what is lacking, what is needed (derivative of ὑστερέω[a] ‘to be lacking,’ 57.37) that which is lacking in what is essential or needed In a number of languages the expression of ‘lack’ may be indicated as ‘not to have enough’ or ‘not to possess what one needs’ or ‘not to have what one should have.’
LUK 21:4 · 2CO 8:14 · 2CO 8:14 · 2CO 9:12 · 2CO 11:9 · PHP 2:30 · COL 1:24 · 1TH 3:10
1 As will be readily noted, the terms ὑστερέω[a] (57.37), ὑστέρησις (57.37), and ὑστέρημα[a] (57.38) occur in contexts implying various degrees of lack, so that in certain contexts one may appropriately translate these terms as in dire need, to be poor, or even to be poverty stricken, but there seems to be no semantically justifiable means by which one may clearly distinguish degrees of lack.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὑστέρημα, -τος, τό, (ὑστερέω) ; a. deficiency, that which is lacking: plur. with a gen. of the thing whose deficiency is to be filled up, Col. i. 24 (on which see ἀνταναπληρόω, and θλίψις sub fin.) ; 1 Th. iii. 10; τὸ bor. with a gen. [or its equiv.] of the pers., the absence of one, 1 Co. xvi. 17 [ὑμ. being taken objectively ΟΥ̓. § 22, 7; B. 8182, 8); al. take dp. subjectively and render that which was lacking on your part]; τὸ ὑμῶν bor. τῆς πρός με λειτουργίας, your absence, owing to which something was lacking in the service conferred on me (by you), Phil. ii. 30. b. in reference to property and resources, poverty, want, destitution: Lk. xxi. 4; 2 Co. viii. 14 (13); ix.12; xi. 9, (Ps. xxxiii. (xxxiv.) 10; Judg. xviii. 10, ete.; eccl. writ.).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὑστέρημα hysterēma 9x
a shortcoming, defect; personal shortcoming, 1 Cor. 16:17; Phil. 2:30; Col. 1:24; 1 Thess. 3:10; want, need, poverty, penury, Lk. 21:4; 2 Cor. 8:14; 9:12; 11:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ὑστέρημα, -τος, τό
(< ὑστερέω), [in LXX: Jg 18:10 19:19, 20, Ps 33 (34):9 (מַחְסוֹר), Ec 1:15 (חֶסְרוֹן), II Es 6:9 (ὑ. εἶναι, חֲשַׁח) * ;]
that which is lacking, deficiency, shortcoming: c. gen. poss. (pron. poss.), I Co 16:17, Phl 2:30; c. gen. rei, Col 1:24, I Th 3:10;
need, want, poverty (Ps 33 (34):10, Jg 18:10, al.): Lk 21:4, II Co 9:12 11:9; opp. to περίσσευμα, II Co 8:13, 14 (eccl.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὑστέρημα (husterēma) — deficiency. ὑστέρ-ημα, ατος, τό, shortcoming, deficiency, need, [LXX+NT]