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Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
A-1 Adjective Strong's Number: g4434 Greek: ptochos

Poor:

for which see BEG, B, has the broad sense of "poor,"

(a) literally, e.g., Mat 11:5; 26:9, 11; Luk 21:3 (with stress on the word, "a conspicuously poor widow"); Jhn 12:5, 6, 8; 13:29; Jam 2:2, 3, 6; the "poor" are constantly the subjects of injunctions to assist them, Mat 19:21; Mar 10:21; Luk 14:13, 21; 18:22; Rom 15:26; Gal 2:10;

(b) metaphorically, Mat 5:3; Luk 6:20; Rev 3:17.

A-2 Adjective Strong's Number: g3998 Greek: penichros

Poor:

akin to B, "needy, poor," is used of the widow in Luk 21:2 (cp. No. 1, of the same woman, in ver. 3); it is used frequently in the papyri. In the Sept., Exd 22:25; Pro 28:15; 29:7.

B-1 Noun Strong's Number: g3993 Greek: penes

Poor:

"a laborer "(akin to penomai, "to work for one's daily bread"), is translated "poor" in 2Cr 9:9.

C-1 Verb Strong's Number: g4433 Greek: ptocheuo

Poor:

"to be poor as a beggar" (akin to A, No. 1), "to be destitute," is said of Christ in 2Cr 8:9.

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