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Lexicon :: Strong's G3993 - penēs

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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.
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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 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 - The LORD also will be a refuge for the oppressed,
A refuge in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - When He avenges blood, He remembers them;
He does not forget the cry of the humble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - For the needy shall not always be forgotten;
The expectation of the poor shall not 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 secret places he murders the innocent;
His eyes are secretly fixed on the helpless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - So he crouches, he lies low,
That the helpless may fall by his strength.

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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 humble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble;
You will prepare their heart;
You will cause Your ear to hear,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - The LORD is in His holy temple,
The 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 - “For the oppression of the poor, for the sighing of the needy,
Now I will arise,” says the LORD;
“I will set him in the safety for which he yearns.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - The poor shall 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 shall say,
“LORD, who is like You,
Delivering the poor from him who is too strong for him,
Yes, the poor and the needy from him who plunders him?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But I am poor and needy;
Yet the LORD thinks upon 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 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Blessed is he who considers the poor;
The LORD will deliver him in time of 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 poor,
And does not despise His prisoners.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But I am poor and needy;
Make haste 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 - He will bring justice to 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 cries,
The poor also, and him who has no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He will spare the poor and needy,
And will save the souls of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast!
Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the poor and fatherless;
Do justice to the afflicted and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 - Deliver the poor and needy;
Free them from 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 Your ear, O LORD, hear me;
For I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - Yet He sets the poor on high, far from affliction,
And makes their 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 mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the broken in heart.

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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

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31 - For He shall stand at the right hand of the poor,
To save him from those who condemn him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 - He has dispersed abroad,
He has given to the poor;
His righteousness endures forever;
His horn will be exalted with honor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raises the poor out of the dust,
And lifts the needy out of 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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