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;
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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