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Lexicon :: Strong's G4434 - ptōchos

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πτωχός
Transliteration
ptōchos (Key)
Pronunciation
pto-khos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ptosso {to crouch, akin to πτοέω (G4422) and the alternate of πίπτω (G4098)}
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:885,969

Trench's Synonyms: xxxvi. πένης, πτωχός.

Strong’s Definitions

πτωχός ptōchós, pto-khos'; from πτώσσω ptṓssō (to crouch); akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):—beggar(-ly), poor.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x

The KJV translates Strong's G4434 in the following manner: poor (30x), beggar (2x), poor man (1x), beggarly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 34x
The KJV translates Strong's G4434 in the following manner: poor (30x), beggar (2x), poor man (1x), beggarly (1x).

  1. reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms

  2. destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour

    1. lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches

    2. helpless, powerless to accomplish an end

    3. poor, needy

  3. lacking in anything

    1. as respects their spirit

      1. destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily give themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved them selves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτωχός ptōchós, pto-khos'; from πτώσσω ptṓssō (to crouch); akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):—beggar(-ly), poor.
STRONGS G4434:
πτωχός, πτωχή, πτωχόν (πτώσσω, to be thoroughly frightened, to cower down or hide oneself for fear; hence, πτωχός properly, one who slinks and crouches), often involving the idea of roving about in wretchedness (see πένης, at the end; "but it always had a bad sense till it was ennobled in the Gospels; see Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20, cf. 2 Corinthians 8:9" (Liddell and Scott, under I.)); hence,
1. in classical Greek from Homer down, reduced to beggary, begging, mendicant, asking alms: Luke 14:13, 21; Luke 16:20, 22.
2. poor, needy (opposed to πλούσιος): Matthew 19:21; Matthew 26:9, 11; Mark 10:21; Mark 12:42, 43; Mark 14:5, 7; Luke 18:22; Luke 19:8; Luke 21:3; John 12:5, 6, 8; John 13:29; Romans 15:26; 2 Corinthians 6:10; Galatians 2:10; James 2:2, 3, 6; Revelation 13:16; in a broader sense, destitute of wealth, influence, position, honors; lowly, afflicted: Matthew 11:5; Luke 4:18 (from Isaiah 61:1); Isa. 6:20; 7:22; οἱ πτωχοί τοῦ κόσμου (partitive genitive), the poor of the human race, James 2:5; but the more correct reading is that of L T Tr WH viz. τῷ κόσμῳ (unto the world), i. e. the ungodly world being judge, cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 4 a.; Buttmann, § 133, 14; (R. V. as to the world (see next head, and cf. κόσμος, 7)). tropically, destitute of the Christian virtues and the eternal riches, Revelation 3:17; like the Latininops, equivalent to helpless, powerless to accomplish an end: στοιχεῖα, Galatians 4:9 (`bringing no rich endowment of spiritual treasure' (Lightfoot)).
3. universally, lacking in anything, with a dative of the respect: τῷ πνεύματι, as respects their spirit, i. e. destitute of the wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily gave themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved themselves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure, Matthew 11:25; John 9:39; 1 Corinthians 1:26, 27; (others make the idea more inward and ethical: 'conscious of their spiritual need')), Matthew 5:3; compare with this the Epistle of Barnabas 19 [ET], see ἔσῃ ἁπλοῦς τῇ καρδία καί πλούσιος τῷ πνεύματι, abounding in Christian graces and the riches of the divine kingdom. (The Sept. for עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, אֶבְיון, etc.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Isaiah
7:22; 61:1
Matthew
5:3; 5:3; 11:5; 11:25; 19:21; 26:9; 26:11
Mark
10:21; 12:42; 12:43; 14:5; 14:7
Luke
4:18; 6:20; 14:13; 14:21; 16:20; 16:22; 18:22; 19:8; 21:3
John
9:39; 12:5; 12:6; 12:8; 13:29
Romans
15:26
1 Corinthians
1:26; 1:27
2 Corinthians
6:10; 8:9
Galatians
2:10; 4:9
James
2:2; 2:3; 2:5; 2:6
Revelation
3:17; 13:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4434 matches the Greek πτωχός (ptōchos),
which occurs 34 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:3 - Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said unto him, If thou wouldest be perfect, go, sell that which thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:9 - For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:11 - For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - And there came a poor widow, and she cast in two mites, which make a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And he called unto him his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than all they that are casting into the treasury:

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - For this ointment might have been sold for above three hundred shillings, and given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - For ye have the poor always with you, and whensoever ye will ye can do them good: but me ye have not always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 -
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
Because he anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor:
He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovering of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty them that are bruised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed are ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - And he answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which ye have seen and heard; the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, the poor have good tidings preached to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13 - But when thou makest a feast, bid the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - And the servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and maimed and blind and lame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - and a certain beggar named Lazarus was laid at his gate, full of sores,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:22 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - And when Jesus heard it, he said unto him, One thing thou lackest yet: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 - And Zacchaeus stood, and said unto the Lord, Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wrongfully exacted aught of any man, I restore fourfold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, This poor widow cast in more than they all:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:5 - Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred shillings, and given to the poor?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - Now this he said, not because he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and having the bag took away what was put therein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:8 - For the poor ye have always with you; but me ye have not always.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - For some thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus said unto him, Buy what things we have need of for the feast; or, that he should give something to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - For it hath been the good pleasure of Macedonia and Achaia to make a certain contribution for the poor among the saints that are at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:10 - only they would that we should remember the poor; which very thing I was also zealous to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2 - For if there come into your synagogue a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, and there come in also a poor man in vile clothing;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - and ye have regard to him that weareth the fine clothing, and say, Sit thou here in a good place; and ye say to the poor man, Stand thou there, or sit under my footstool;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Hearken, my beloved brethren; did not God choose them that are poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6 - But ye have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and themselves drag you before the judgment-seats?

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and have gotten riches, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art the wretched one and miserable and poor and blind and naked:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And he causeth all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the bond, that there be given them a mark on their right hand, or upon their forehead;
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