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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)}
Dictionary Aids

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.)
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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 92 times in 88 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:11–Pro 14:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - but on the seventh year you shall let it [fn]rest and lie fallow, so that the needy of your people may eat; and whatever they leave the beast of the field may eat. Thus you shall do with your vineyard and your olive grove.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - ‘Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the afflicted and for the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 -

‘You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 -

‘When you reap the harvest of your land, moreover, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field nor gather the gleaning of your harvest; you are to leave them for the afflicted and the sojourner. I am Yahweh your God.’”

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 -

“When you reap your harvest in your field and have forgotten a sheaf in the field, you shall not go back to get it; it shall be for the sojourner, for the [fn]orphan, and for the widow, in order that Yahweh your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - Then he said, “May you be blessed of Yahweh, my daughter. You have shown your last lovingkindness to be better than the first by not going after young men, whether poor or rich.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 -

“He raises the poor from the dust;

He exalts the needy from the ash heap

To make them sit with nobles,

And inherit a seat of glory;

For the pillars of the earth are Yahweh’s,

And He set the world on them.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 -

“And You save an afflicted people;

But Your eyes are on the haughty whom You bring down.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - Then he took away into exile all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None was left except the poorest people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and plowmen.
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - “And the king’s sentence, which he will make, will be heard throughout all his kingdom, for it is [fn]vast, and all women will give respect to their husbands, great and small.”
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days the Jews obtained rest for themselves from their enemies, and it was a month which was turned around for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a [fn]holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness and sending portions of food to one another and gifts to the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 -

Because I provided escape for the afflicted who cried for help,

And the orphan who had no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 -

So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him,

And that He might hear the cry of the afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:6 -

“He does not keep the wicked alive,

But gives justice to the afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 -

Kaph

For the needy will not always be forgotten,

Nor the hope of the afflicted perish forever.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 -

In his lofty pride the wicked [fn]hotly pursues the afflicted;

[fn]Let them be caught in the thoughts which they have devised.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 -

He lies in wait in a hiding place as a lion in his [fn]lair;

He lies in wait to catch the afflicted;

He catches the afflicted when he draws him into his net.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 -

Resh

You have seen it, for You have beheld mischief and vexation to [fn]take it into Your hand.

The [fn]unfortunate commits himself to You;

You have been the helper of the orphan.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 -

“Because of the devastation of the afflicted, because of the groaning of the needy,

Now I will arise,” says Yahweh; “I will set him in the [fn]safety for which he [fn]longs.”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 -

You would put to shame the counsel of the afflicted,

But Yahweh is his refuge.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 -

For He has not despised and He has not abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;

And He has not hidden His face from him;

But when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 -

Pe

Turn to me and be gracious to me,

For I am alone and afflicted.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 -

Zayin

This [fn]poor man called out, and Yahweh heard him

And saved him out of all his troubles.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 -

All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like You,

Who delivers the afflicted from him who is too strong for him,

And the afflicted and the needy from him who robs him?”

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 -

Heth

The wicked have drawn the sword and bent their bow

To cast down the afflicted and the needy,

To slay those who are upright in conduct.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 -

As for me, I am afflicted and needy,

[fn]May the Lord think of me.

You are my help and the One who rescues me;

Do not delay, O my God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 -

For the choir director. A Psalm of David.

How blessed is he who considers the [fn]poor;

Yahweh will provide him escape in a day of [fn]calamity.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 -

Your creatures inhabited it;

You established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 -

But I am afflicted and in pain;

[fn]May Your salvation, O God, set me securely on high.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 -

The humble [fn]see it and are glad;

You who seek God, let your heart [fn]revive.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 -

But I am afflicted and needy;

Hasten to me, O God!

You are my help and my protector;

O Yahweh, do not delay.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 -

[fn]May [fn]he render judgment to Your people with righteousness

And Your [fn]afflicted with justice.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 -

[fn]May he give justice to the [fn]afflicted of the people,

Save the children of the needy,

And crush the oppressor.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 -

For he will deliver the needy when he cries for help,

The [fn]afflicted also, and him who has no helper.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 -

He will have compassion on the poor and needy,

And the [fn]lives of the needy he will save.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 -

Let not the oppressed return dishonored;

Let the afflicted and needy praise Your name.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 -

Give justice to the poor and the orphan;

Justify the afflicted and destitute.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 -

Protect the poor and needy;

Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 -

A Prayer of David.

Incline Your ear, O Yahweh, and answer me;

For I am afflicted and needy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 -

I have been afflicted and about to breathe my last from my youth on;

I bear Your terrors; I am [fn]overcome.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 -

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is faint and [fn]pours out his complaint before Yahweh.

O Yahweh, hear my prayer!

And let my cry for help come to You.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 -

Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness,

But persecuted the afflicted, the needy man,

And the disheartened to put them to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22 -

For I am afflicted and needy,

And [fn]my heart is pierced within me.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 -

Who raises the poor from the dust

And lifts high the needy from the ash heap,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 -

“I will abundantly bless her provision;

I will satisfy her needy with bread.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 -

I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause for the afflicted

And judgment for the needy.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 -

The ransom of a man’s life is his wealth,

But the poor hears no rebuke.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 -

The poor is hated even by his neighbor,

But those who love the rich are many.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 -

He who despises his neighbor sins,

But how blessed is he who is gracious to the [fn]poor.


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