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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 - 'Happy the poor in spirit -- because theirs is the reign of the heavens.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - blind receive sight, and lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and deaf hear, dead are raised, and poor have good news proclaimed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - Jesus said to him, 'If thou dost will to be perfect, go away, sell what 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 could 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 the poor always ye have with you, and me ye have not always;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - And Jesus having looked upon him, did love him, and said to him, 'One thing thou dost lack; go away, whatever thou hast -- sell, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me, having taken up the cross.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - and having come, a poor widow did put in two mites, which are a farthing.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - And having called near his disciples, he saith to them, 'Verily I say to you, that this poor widow hath put in more than all those putting into the treasury;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - for this could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor;' and they were murmuring at her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - for the poor always ye have with you, and whenever ye may will ye are able to 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 did anoint me; To proclaim good news to the poor, Sent me to heal the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives deliverance, And to blind receiving of sight, To send away the bruised with deliverance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - And he, having lifted up his eyes to his disciples, said: 'Happy the poor -- because yours is the reign of God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - And Jesus answering said to them, 'Having gone on, report to John what ye saw and heard, that blind men do see again, lame do walk, lepers are cleansed, deaf do hear, dead are raised, poor have good news proclaimed;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13 - but when thou mayest make a feast, be calling poor, maimed, lame, blind,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - 'And that servant having come, told to his lord these things, then the master of the house, having been angry, said to his servant, Go forth quickly to the broad places and lanes of the city, and the poor, and maimed, and lame, and blind, bring in hither.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - and there was a certain poor man, by name Lazarus, who was laid at his porch, 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 poor man died, and that he was carried away by the messengers to the bosom of Abraham -- 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 having heard these things, Jesus said to him, 'Yet one thing to thee is lacking; all things -- as many as thou hast -- sell, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven, and come, be following me;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 - And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, 'Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - and he said, 'Truly I say to you, that this poor widow did cast in more than all;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:5

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - and he said this, not because he was caring for the poor, but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and what things were put in he was carrying.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:8 - for the poor ye have always with yourselves, and me ye have not always.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - for certain were thinking, since Judas had the bag, that Jesus saith to him, 'Buy what we have need of for the feast;' or that he may give something to the poor;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - for it pleased Macedonia and Achaia well to make a certain contribution for the poor of the saints who are in Jerusalem;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:10

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:10 - only, of the poor that we should be mindful, which also I was diligent -- this very thing -- to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - and now, having known God -- and rather being known by God -- how turn ye again unto the weak and poor elements to which anew ye desire to be in servitude?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2 - for if there may come into your synagogue a man with gold ring, in gay raiment, and there may come in also a poor man in vile raiment,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - and ye may look upon him bearing the gay raiment, and may say to him, 'Thou -- sit thou here well,' and to the poor man may say, 'Thou -- stand thou there, or, Sit thou here under my footstool,' --

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Hearken, my brethren beloved, did not God choose the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the reign that He promised to those loving Him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6 - and ye did dishonour the poor one; do not the rich oppress you and themselves draw you to 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 grown rich, and have need of nothing, and hast not known that thou art the wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - And it maketh all, the small, and the great, and the rich, and the poor, and the freemen, and the servants, that it may give to them a mark upon their right hand or upon their foreheads,
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