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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 92 times in 88 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:11–Pro 14:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - But in the seventh year thou shalt let it rest, and leave it, and the poor of thy nation shall feed; and the wild beasts of the field shall eat that which remains: thus shalt thou do to thy vineyard and to thine oliveyard.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - And thou shalt not go over the gathering of thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the remaining grapes of thy vineyard: thou shalt leave them for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - Thou shalt not act unjustly in judgment: thou shalt not accept the person of the poor, nor admire the person of the mighty; with justice shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - And when ye shall reap the harvest of your land, ye shall not fully reap the remainder of the harvest of your field when thou reapest, and thou shalt not gather that which falls from thy reaping; thou shalt leave it for the poor and the stranger: I am the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - And when thou shalt have reaped corn in thy field, and shalt have forgotten a sheaf in thy field, thou shalt not return to take it; it shall be for the stranger, and the orphan, and the widow, that the Lord thy God may bless thee in all the works of thy hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - And Booz said, Blessed be thou of the Lord God, my daughter, for thou hast made thy latter kindness greater than the former, in that thou followest not after young men, whether any be poor or rich.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises the needy from the dunghill; to seat him with the princes of the people, and causing them to inherit the throne of glory:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - And thou wilt save the poor people, and wilt bring down the eyes [fn]of the haughty.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand [fn]prisoners, and every artificer and [fn]smith: and only the poor of the land were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - And let the law of the king which he shall have made, be widely proclaimed, in his kingdom: and so shall all the women give honour to their husbands, from the poor even to the rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 - so as to bring before him the cry of the needy; for he will hear the cry of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:6 - he will not by any means save alive the ungodly: and he will grant the judgment of the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - (LXX 9:19) For the poor shall not be forgotten for ever: the patience of the needy ones shall not perish for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - (LXX 9:23) While the ungodly one acts proudly, the poor is [fn]hotly pursued: the wicked are taken in the crafty counsels which they imagine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - (LXX 9:30) He lies in wait in secret as a lion in his den: he lies in wait to ravish the poor, to ravish the poor when he draws him after him: he will bring him down in his snare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - (LXX 9:35) Thou seest it; for thou dost observe trouble and wrath, to deliver them into thy hands: the poor has been left to thee; thou wast a helper to the orphan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - (LXX 11:6) Because of the misery of the poor, and because of the sighing of the needy, now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - (LXX 13:6) Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the Lord is his hope.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - (LXX 21:25) For he has not despised nor been angry at the supplication of the poor; nor turned away his face from me; but when I cried to him, he heard me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - (LXX 24:16) Look upon me, and have mercy upon me; for I am an only child and poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - (LXX 33:7) This poor man cried, and the Lord hearkened to him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - (LXX 34:10) All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - (LXX 36:14) Sinners have drawn their swords, they have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy one, and to slay the upright in heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - (LXX 39:18) But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - (LXX 40:1) For the end, a Psalm of David. (40:2) Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: the Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - (LXX 67:11) Thy [fn]creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - (LXX 68:30) I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of thy countenance has helped me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - (LXX 68:33) Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - (LXX 69:6) But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - (LXX 71:2) that he may judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - (LXX 71:4) he shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, and save the children of the needy; and shall bring low the false accuser.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - (LXX 71:12) For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; and the needy who had no helper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - (LXX 71:13) He shall spare the poor and needy, and shall deliver the souls of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - (LXX 73:21) Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: the poor and needy shall praise thy name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - (LXX 81:3) Judge the orphan and poor: [fn]do justice to the low and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 - (LXX 81:4) Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor out of the hand of the sinner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - (LXX 85:1) A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; for I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - (LXX 87:16) I am poor and in troubles from my youth; and having been exalted, I was brought low and into [fn]despair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - (LXX 101:1) A Prayer for the Poor; when he is deeply afflicted, and pours out his supplication before the Lord. (101:2) Hear my prayer, O Lord, and let my cry come to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - (LXX 108:16) Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and that to slay him that was pricked in the heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22 - (LXX 108:22) Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - (LXX 112:7) who lifts up the poor from the earth, and raises up the needy from the dunghill;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - (LXX 131:15) I will surely bless her provision: I will satisfy her poor with bread.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - (LXX 139:13) I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the [fn]poor, and the right of the needy ones.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A man's own wealth is the ransom of his life: but the poor [fn]endures not threatening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.

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