In Deuteronomy 28:48, 'want' signifies the deprivation of good and truth or the lack of spiritual nourishment, of understanding truth, and of being wise in good. (Arcana Coelestia 5576)

In John 2:3, the want or lack of wine at the wedding feast signifies the separation of the Lord's first human from the mother. (Arcana Coelestia 2649[2])