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Lexicon :: Strong's G3993 - penēs

Aa
πένης
Transliteration
penēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pen'-ace
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:37,824

Trench's Synonyms: xxxvi. πένης, πτωχός.

Strong’s Definitions

πένης pénēs, pen'-ace; from a primary πένω pénō (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, i.e. indigent:—poor. Compare G4434.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3993 in the following manner: poor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3993 in the following manner: poor (1x).
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πένης pénēs, pen'-ace; from a primary πένω pénō (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, i.e. indigent:—poor. Compare G4434.
STRONGS G3993:
πένης, πένητος, ὁ (πένομαι to work for one's living; the Latinpenuria and Greek πεινάω are akin to it (cf. Vanicek, p. 1164); hence, πένης equivalent to ἐκ πόνου καί ἐνεργείας τό ζῆν ἔχων, Etym. Magn.), poor: 2 Corinthians 9:9. (From Sophocles and Herodotus down; the Sept. for אֶבְיון, עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, etc.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
9:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3993 matches the Greek πένης (penēs),
which occurs 71 times in 69 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:3–Pro 31:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - neither shalt thou favor a poor man in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the justice due to thy poor in his cause.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For the poor will never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto thy brother, to thy needy, and to thy poor, in thy land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not oppress a hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy sojourners that are in thy land within thy gates:

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - in his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it (for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it); lest he cry against thee unto Jehovah, and it be sin unto thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 -
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
He lifteth up the needy from the dunghill,
To make them sit with princes,
And inherit the throne of glory:
For the pillars of the earth are Jehovah’s,
And he hath set the world upon them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - And Jehovah sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own morsel, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 -
So that they caused the cry of the poor to come unto him,
And he heard the cry of the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 -
Jehovah also will be a high tower for the oppressed,
A high tower in times of trouble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 -
For he that maketh inquisition for blood remembereth them;
He forgetteth not the cry of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 -
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten,
Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 -
He sitteth in the lurking-places of the villages;
In the secret places doth he murder the innocent;
His eyes are privily set against the helpless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 -
He croucheth, he boweth down,
And the helpless fall by his strong ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 -
Arise, O Jehovah; O God, lift up thy hand:
Forget not the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 -
Jehovah, thou hast heard the desire of the meek:
Thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 -
Jehovah is in his holy temple;
Jehovah, his throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 -
Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy,
Now will I arise, saith Jehovah;
I will set him in the safety he panteth for.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 -
The meek shall eat and be satisfied;
They shall praise Jehovah that seek after him:
Let your heart live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 -
All my bones shall say, Jehovah, who is like unto thee,
Who deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him,
Yea, the poor and the needy from him that robbeth him?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 -
The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow,
To cast down the poor and needy,
To slay such as are upright in the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 -
But I am poor and needy;
Yet the Lord thinketh upon me:
Thou art my help and my deliverer;
Make no tarrying, O my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 -
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.
Blessed is he that considereth the poor:
Jehovah will deliver him in the day of evil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 -
Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 -
For Jehovah heareth the needy,
And despiseth not his prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 -
But I am poor and needy;
Make haste unto me, O God:
Thou art my help and my deliverer;
O Jehovah, make no tarrying.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 -
He will judge the poor of the people,
He will save the children of the needy,
And will break in pieces the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 -
For he will deliver the needy when he crieth,
And the poor, that hath no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 -
He will have pity on the poor and needy,
And the souls of the needy he will save.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 -
Oh deliver not the soul of thy turtle-dove unto the wild beast:
Forget not the life of thy poor for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 -
Oh let not the oppressed return ashamed:
Let the poor and needy praise thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 -
Judge the poor 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 poor 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.
Bow down thine ear, O Jehovah, and answer me;
For I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 -
Yet setteth he the needy on high from affliction,
And maketh him families like a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 -
Because he remembered not to show kindness,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
And the broken in heart, to slay them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31

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For he will stand at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from them that judge his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 -
He hath dispersed, he hath given to the needy;
His righteousness endureth for ever:
His horn shall be exalted with honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 -
He raiseth up the poor out of the dust,
And lifteth up the needy from the dunghill;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 -
He that despiseth his neighbor sinneth;
But he that hath pity on the poor, happy is he.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 -
He that oppresseth the poor reproacheth his Maker;
But he that hath mercy on the needy honoreth him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 -
He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain,
And he that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 -
Rob not the poor, because he is poor;
Neither oppress the afflicted in the gate:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 -
Weary not thyself to be rich;
Cease from thine own wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11 -
The rich man is wise in his own conceit;
But the poor that hath understanding searcheth him out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 -
There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives,
To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9 -
Open thy mouth, judge righteously,
And minister justice to the poor and needy.

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