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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006, 2011 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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 33 times in 32 verses in 'Psa' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - [fn]The LORD also will be a stronghold for the oppressed,
A stronghold in times of trouble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - For He who [fn]requires blood remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the afflicted.

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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 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - He sits in the lurking places of the villages;
In the hiding places he kills the innocent;
His eyes [fn]stealthily watch for the [fn]unfortunate.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - He [fn]crouches, he [fn]bows down,
And the [fn]unfortunate fall [fn]by his mighty ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - Arise, O LORD; O God, lift up Your hand.
Do not forget the afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - O LORD, You have heard the desire of the [fn]humble;
You will strengthen their heart, You will incline Your ear

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in His holy temple; the [fn]LORD’S throne is in heaven;
His eyes behold, His eyelids test the sons of men.

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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 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - The [fn]afflicted will eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the LORD.
Let your heart live forever!

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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 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 the LORD hears the needy
And does not despise His who are prisoners.

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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 72:4

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 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Do not deliver the soul of Your turtledove to the wild beast;
Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.

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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 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - But He sets the needy [fn]securely on high away from affliction,
And makes his families like a flock.

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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 109:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31 - For He stands at the right hand of the needy,
To save him from those who judge his soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 - [fn]He has given freely to the poor,
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted in honor.

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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 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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