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Strong's G4434 · Greek

πτωχός

ptochos · pto-khos'

from ptosso (to crouch); akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), lite


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

πτωχός (G4434)

34 πτωχός , -ή, -όν ( πτώσσω , to crouch , cower ), [in LXX for עָנִי , דַּל , רָשׁ , etc.;] of one who crouches and cowers, hence, as subst., a beggar : Lk 14:13 , 21 16:20 , 22 . As adj., prop., beggarly : metaph., στοιχεῖα , Ga 4:9 (v. Lft., in l.); in broader sense (opp. to πλούσιος ), poor : Mt 11:5 19:21 26:9 , 11 , Mk 10:21 12:42 , 43 14:5 , 7 , Lk 4:18 7:22 18:22 19:8 21:3 , Jo 12:5 , 6 , 8 13:29 , Ro 15:26 , II Co 6:10 , Ga 2:10 , Ja 2:2 , 3 , 6 , Re 13:16 ; π. τ. κόσμῳ , Ja 2:5 ; metaph., Lk 6:20 , Re 3:17 ; π. τ. πνεύματι , Mt 5:3 .† SYN. : πένης , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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