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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

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Strong's Number G4432 matches the Greek πτωχεία (ptōcheia),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:2 - that during a severe ordeal of suffering, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in the wealth of their generosity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:9 - For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that although he was rich, he became poor for your sakes, so that you by his poverty could become rich.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 2:9 - 'I know the distress you are suffering and your poverty (but you are rich). I also know the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and really are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.
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