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Lexicon :: Strong's G4432 - ptōcheia

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πτωχεία
Transliteration
ptōcheia (Key)
Pronunciation
pto-khi'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:885,969

Strong’s Definitions

πτωχεία ptōcheía, pto-khi'-ah; from G4433; beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively):—poverty.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G4432 in the following manner: poverty (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G4432 in the following manner: poverty (3x).

  1. beggary

  2. in the NT poverty

    1. the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πτωχεία ptōcheía, pto-khi'-ah; from G4433; beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively):—poverty.
STRONGS G4432:
πτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (πτωχεύω);
1. beggary (Herodotus 3, 14; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 549; Plato, legg. 11, p. 936{b}; Lysias p. 898, 9; Aristotle, poet. c. 23 p. 1459^b, 6).
2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opposed to πλουτεῖν, 2 Corinthians 8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Revelation 2:9; ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2 Corinthians 8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for ענִי, affliction, misery.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
8:2; 8:9
Revelation
2:9

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G4432 matches the Greek πτωχεία (ptōcheia),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land on which thou shalt not eat thy bread with poverty, and thou shalt not want any thing upon it; a land whose stones are iron, and out of its mountains thou shalt dig brass.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - And, behold, I according to my poverty have prepared for the house of the Lord a hundred thousand talents of gold, and a million talents of silver, and brass and iron without measure; for it is abundant; and I have prepared timber and stones; and do thou add to these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 - My belly boiled, and would not cease: the days of poverty prevented me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - But take heed lest thou do that which is wrong: for of this thou hast made choice because of poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - (LXX 30:11) For my life is spent with grief, and my years with groanings: my strength has been weakened through poverty, and my bones are troubled.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - (LXX 43:25) Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, and forgettest our poverty and our affliction?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9 - (LXX 87:10) Mine eyes are dimmed from poverty; but I cried to thee, O Lord, all the day; I spread forth my hands to thee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - (LXX 106:10) even them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death, fettered in poverty and iron;

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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 BoxIsa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Behold, I have sold thee, but not for silver; but I have rescued thee from the furnace of affliction.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1 - Aleph. I am the man that sees poverty, through the rod of his wrath upon me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Zain. I remembered by reason of my poverty, and because of persecution my bitterness and gall shall be remembered;
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