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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)}
Dictionary Aids

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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 32 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy will not always be forgotten,
Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - In pride the wicked [fn]hotly pursue the afflicted;
[fn]Let them be caught in the plots which they have devised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lurks in a hiding place as a lion in his [fn]lair;
He lurks to catch the afflicted;
He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.
The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;
You have been the helper of the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - “Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD; “I will set him in the safety for which he longs.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,
But the LORD is his refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from him;
But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - Turn to me and be gracious to me,
For I am lonely and afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This [fn]poor man cried, and the LORD heard him
And saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - All my bones will say, “LORD, who is like You,
Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,
And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow
To cast down the afflicted and the needy,
To slay those who are upright in conduct.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - Since I am afflicted and needy,
[fn]Let the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my deliverer;
Do not delay, O my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed is he who considers the [fn]helpless;
The LORD will deliver him in a day of [fn]trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - Your creatures settled in it;
You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - But I am afflicted and in pain;
[fn]May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The humble [fn]have seen it and are glad;
You who seek God, let your heart [fn]revive.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But I am afflicted and needy;
Hasten to me, O God!
You are my help and my deliverer;
O LORD, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - [fn]May [fn]he judge Your people with righteousness
And [fn]Your afflicted with justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - [fn]May he vindicate the [fn]afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy
And crush the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,
The [fn]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He will have compassion on the poor and needy,
And the [fn]lives of the needy he will save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Let not the oppressed return dishonored;
Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Vindicate the weak and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and destitute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 - Rescue the weak and needy;
Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - A Prayer of David.
Incline Your ear, O LORD, and answer me;
For I am afflicted and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I was afflicted and about to die from my youth on;
I suffer Your terrors; I am [fn]overcome.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - A Prayer of the Afflicted when he is faint and [fn]pours out his complaint before the LORD.
Hear my prayer, O LORD!
And let my cry for help come to You.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,
But persecuted the afflicted and needy man,
And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22 - For I am afflicted and needy,
And [fn]my heart is wounded within me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raises the poor from the dust
And lifts the needy from the ash heap,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - “I will abundantly bless her provision;
I will satisfy her needy with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - I know that the LORD will maintain the cause of the afflicted
And justice for the poor.
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