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Lexicon :: Strong's G4434 - ptōchos

Aa
πτωχός
Transliteration
ptōchos (Key)
Pronunciation
pto-khos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ptosso {to crouch, akin to πτοέω (G4422) and the alternate of πίπτω (G4098)}
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:885,969

Trench's Synonyms: xxxvi. πένης, πτωχός.

Strong’s Definitions

πτωχός ptōchós, pto-khos'; from πτώσσω ptṓssō (to crouch); akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):—beggar(-ly), poor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G4434 in the following manner: poor (30x), beggar (2x), poor man (1x), beggarly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G4434 in the following manner: poor (30x), beggar (2x), poor man (1x), beggarly (1x).

  1. reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms

  2. destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour

    1. lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches

    2. helpless, powerless to accomplish an end

    3. poor, needy

  3. lacking in anything

    1. as respects their spirit

      1. destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily give themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved them selves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτωχός ptōchós, pto-khos'; from πτώσσω ptṓssō (to crouch); akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):—beggar(-ly), poor.
STRONGS G4434:
πτωχός, πτωχή, πτωχόν (πτώσσω, to be thoroughly frightened, to cower down or hide oneself for fear; hence, πτωχός properly, one who slinks and crouches), often involving the idea of roving about in wretchedness (see πένης, at the end; "but it always had a bad sense till it was ennobled in the Gospels; see Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20, cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9" (Liddell and Scott, under I.)); hence,
1. in classical Greek from Homer down, reduced to beggary, begging, mendicant, asking alms: Luke 14:13, 21; Luke 16:20, 22.
2. poor, needy (opposed to πλούσιος): Matthew 19:21; Matthew 26:9, 11; Mark 10:21; Mark 12:42, 43; Mark 14:5, 7; Luke 18:22; Luke 19:8; Luke 21:3; John 12:5, 6, 8; John 13:29; Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Galatians 2:10; James 2:2, 3, 6; Revelation 13:16; in a broader sense, destitute of wealth, influence, position, honors; lowly, afflicted: Matthew 11:5; Luke 4:18 (from Isaiah 61:1); Isa. 6:20; 7:22; οἱ πτωχοί τοῦ κόσμου (partitive genitive), the poor of the human race, James 2:5; but the more correct reading is that of L T Tr WH viz. τῷ κόσμῳ (unto the world), i. e. the ungodly world being judge, cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 14; (R. V. as to the world (see next head, and cf. κόσμος, 7)). tropically, destitute of the Christian virtues and the eternal riches, Revelation 3:17; like the Latininops, equivalent to helpless, powerless to accomplish an end: στοιχεῖα, Galatians 4:9 (`bringing no rich endowment of spiritual treasure' (Lightfoot)).
3. universally, lacking in anything, with a dative of the respect: τῷ πνεύματι, as respects their spirit, i. e. destitute of the wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily gave themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved themselves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure, Matthew 11:25; John 9:39; 1 Corinthians 1:26, 27; (others make the idea more inward and ethical: 'conscious of their spiritual need')), Matthew 5:3; compare with this the Epistle of Barnabas 19 [ET], see ἔσῃ ἁπλοῦς τῇ καρδία καί πλούσιος τῷ πνεύματι, abounding in Christian graces and the riches of the divine kingdom. (The Sept. for עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, אֶבְיון, etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
7:22; 61:1
Matthew
5:3; 5:3; 11:5; 11:25; 19:21; 26:9; 26:11
Mark
10:21; 12:42; 12:43; 14:5; 14:7
Luke
4:18; 6:20; 14:13; 14:21; 16:20; 16:22; 18:22; 19:8; 21:3
John
9:39; 12:5; 12:6; 12:8; 13:29
Romans
15:26
1 Corinthians
1:26; 1:27
2 Corinthians
6:10; 8:9
Galatians
2:10; 4:9
James
2:2; 2:3; 2:5; 2:6
Revelation
3:17; 13:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4434 matches the Greek πτωχός (ptōchos),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:3 - Happy are the poor in spirit: for the kingdom of heaven is theirs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - The blind see; those who were not able to, are walking; lepers are made clean; those who were without hearing, now have their ears open; the dead come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, If you have a desire to be complete, go, get money for your property, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:9 - For we might have got much money for this and given it to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:11 - For the poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And Jesus, looking on him and loving him, said, There is one thing needed: go, get money for your goods, and give it to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven: and come with me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - And there came a poor widow, and she put in two little bits of money, which make a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And he made his disciples come to him, and said to them, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting money into the box:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - We might have got more than three hundred pence for it, and given the money to the poor. And they said things against her among themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - The poor you have ever with you, and whenever you have the desire you may do them good: but me you have not for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make well those who are broken-hearted; to say that the prisoners will be let go, and the blind will see, and to make the wounded free from their chains,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - And turning his eyes to his disciples he said, Happy are you who are poor: for the kingdom of God is yours.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13 - But when you give a feast, send for the poor and the blind and those who are broken in body:

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - And the servant came back and gave his master an account of these things. Then the master of the house was angry and said to the servant, Go out quickly into the streets of the town and get the poor, the blind, and those who are broken in body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - And a certain poor man, named Lazarus, was stretched out at his door, full of wounds,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:22 - And in time the poor man came to his end, and angels took him to Abraham's breast. And the man of wealth came to his end, and was put in the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - And Jesus, hearing it, said to him, One thing you still have need of; get money for your goods, and give it away to the poor, and you will have wealth in heaven; and come after me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 - And Zacchaeus, waiting before him, said to the Lord, See, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor, and if I have taken anything from anyone wrongly, I give him back four times as much.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Truly I say to you, This poor widow has given more than all of them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:5 - Why was not this perfume traded for three hundred pence, and the money given to the poor?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - (He said this, not because he had any love for the poor; but because he was a thief, and, having the money-bag, took for himself what was put into it.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:8 - The poor you have ever with you, but me you have not for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - Some were of the opinion that because Judas kept the money-bag Jesus said to him, Get the things we have need of for the feast; or, that he was to give something to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:10 - Only it was their desire that we would give thought to the poor; which very thing I had much in mind to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2 - For if a man comes into your Synagogue in fair clothing and with a gold ring, and a poor man comes in with dirty clothing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Give ear, my dear brothers; are not those who are poor in the things of this world marked out by God to have faith as their wealth, and for their heritage the kingdom which he has said he will give to those who have love for him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6 - But you have put the poor man to shame. Are not the men of wealth rulers over you? do they not take you by force before their judges?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - For you say, I have wealth, and have got together goods and land, and have need of nothing; and you are not conscious of your sad and unhappy condition, that you are poor and blind and without clothing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he gives to all, small and great, the poor and those who have wealth, the free and those who are not free, a mark on their right hand or on their brows;
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