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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 71 times in 69 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:3–Pro 31:9)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:3 - And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:6 - Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:11 - For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thine hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:14 - Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:15 - Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.

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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 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 - And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:3 - But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 - And a traveller came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveller that came to him; and he took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.

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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 BoxPsa 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:9 - (LXX 9:10) The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, a seasonable help, in affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:12 - (LXX 9:13) For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: he has not forgotten the supplication 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 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:8 - (LXX 9:29) He lies in wait with rich men in secret places, in order to slay the innocent: his eyes are [fn]set against the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:10 - (LXX 9:31) He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:12 - (LXX 9:33) Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: forget not the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:17 - (LXX 9:38) The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 11:4 - (LXX 10:4) The Lord is in his holy temple, as for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: his eyes look upon the poor, his eyelids try the sons of men.

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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 22:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:26 - (LXX 21:27) The poor shall eat and be satisfied; and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their heart shall live for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10

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

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 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - (LXX 48:3) both the [fn]sons of mean men, and sons of great men; the rich and poor man together.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:33 - (LXX 68:34) For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nought his fettered ones.

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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 72:4

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 74:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:19 - (LXX 73:19) Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: forget not for ever the souls of thy poor.

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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 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - (LXX 106:41) But he helps the poor out of poverty, and makes him families as a flock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16

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

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 109:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31 - (LXX 108:31) For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save me from them that persecute my soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:9 - (LXX 111:9) [fn] He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; his righteousness endures for evermore: his horn shall be exalted with honour.

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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 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 14:21

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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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:31 - He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:16 - He that oppresses the poor, increases his own substance, yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:22 - Do no violence to the poor, for he is needy: neither dishonour the helpless man in the gates.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:4 - If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; but refrain thyself in thy wisdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11 - A rich man is wise in his own conceit; but an intelligent poor man will condemn him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:14 - A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw-teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.

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