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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.)
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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 Box Deu 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:9 - a land where you may eat food in plenty and find no lack of anything, a land whose stones are iron and from whose hills you can mine copper.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 22:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:14 - Now, look, I have made every effort to supply what is needed to build the LORD's temple. I have stored up 100,000 talents of gold, 1,000,000 talents of silver, and so much bronze and iron it cannot be weighed, as well as wood and stones. Feel free to add more!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 30:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 30:27 - My heart is in turmoil unceasingly; the days of my affliction confront me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:21 - Take heed, do not turn to evil, for because of this you have been tested by affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 44:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 44:24 - Why do you look the other way, and ignore the way we are oppressed and mistreated?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9 - My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O LORD, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:10 - They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 107:41

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:41 - Yet he protected the needy from oppression, and cared for his families like a flock of sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 48:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 48:10 - Look, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have purified you in the furnace of misery.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:1 - I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:19 - Remember my impoverished and homeless condition, which is a bitter poison.
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