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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)}
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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 34 times in 34 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:3 - «طُوبَى لِلْمَسَاكِينِ بِالرُّوحِ، فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ مَلَكُوتَ السَّمَاوَاتِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:5 - الْعُمْيُ يُبْصِرُونَ، وَالْعُرْجُ يَمْشُونَ، وَالْبُرْصُ يُطَهَّرُونَ، وَالصُّمُّ يَسْمَعُونَ، وَالْمَوْتَى يُقَامُونَ، وَالْمَسَاكِينُ يُبَشَّرُونَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 19:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:21 - فَأَجَابَهُ يَسُوعُ: «إِنْ أَرَدْتَ أَنْ تَكُونَ كَامِلاً، فَاذْهَبْ وَبِعْ كُلَّ مَا تَمْلِكُ، وَوَزِّعْ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ كَنْزٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. وَتَعَالَ اتْبَعْنِي!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:9 - فَقَدْ كَانَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُبَاعَ هَذَا الْعِطْرُ بِمَالٍ كَثِيرٍ، وَيُوْهَبَ الثَّمَنُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ؟»

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:11 - فَإِنَّ الْفُقَرَاءَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؛ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَكُونَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 10:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 10:21 - وَإِذْ نَظَرَ يَسُوعُ إِلَيْهِ، أَحَبَّهُ، وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَنْقُصُكَ شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ: اذْهَبْ، بِعْ كُلَّ مَا عِنْدَكَ، وَوَزِّعْ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ كَنْزٌ فِي السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ تَعَالَ اتْبَعْنِي».

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:42

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:42 - ثُمَّ جَاءَتْ أَرْمَلَةٌ فَقِيرَةٌ وَأَلْقَتْ فَلْسَيْنِ يُسَاوِيَانِ رُبْعاً وَاحِداً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 12:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 12:43 - فَدَعَا تَلامِيذَهُ وَقَالَ لَهُمْ: «الْحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ: إِنَّ هذِهِ الأَرْمَلَةَ الْفَقِيرَةَ قَدْ أَلْقَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الَّذِينَ أَلْقَوْا فِي الصُّنْدُوقِ:

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:5

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:5 - فَقَدْ كَانَ يُمْكِنُ أَنْ يُبَاعَ هَذَا الْعِطْرُ بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ثَلاثِ مِئَةِ دِينَارٍ، وَيُوهَبَ الثَّمَنُ لِلْفُقَرَاءِ». وَأَخَذُوا يُؤَنِّبُونَ الْمَرْأَةَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:7 - فَإِنَّ الْفُقَرَاءَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ، وَمَتَى شِئْتُمْ تَسْتَطِيعُونَ أَنْ تُحْسِنُوا إِلَيْهِمْ. أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَكُونَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - «رُوحُ الرَّبِّ عَلَيَّ، لأَنَّهُ مَسَحَنِي لأُبَشِّرَ الْفُقَرَاءَ؛ أَرْسَلَنِي لأُنَادِيَ لِلْمَأْسُورِينَ بِالإِطْلاقِ وَلِلْعُمْيَانِ بِالْبَصَرِ، لأُطْلِقَ الْمَسْحُوقِينَ أَحْرَاراً،

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 6:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:20 - ثُمَّ رَفَعَ عَيْنَيْهِ إِلَى تَلامِيذِهِ وَقَالَ: «طُوبَى لَكُمْ أَيُّهَا الْمَسَاكِينُ، فَإِنَّ لَكُمْ مَلَكُوتَ اللهِ!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - فَرَدَّ يَسُوعُ عَلَى الْمُرْسَلَيْنِ قَائِلاً: «اذْهَبَا وَأَخْبِرَا يُوحَنَّا بِمَا قَدْ رَأَيْتُمَا وَسَمِعْتُمَا: أَنَّ الْعُمْيَانَ يُبْصِرُونَ، وَالْعُرْجَ يَمْشُونَ، وَالْبُرْصَ يُطَهَّرُونَ، وَالصُّمَّ يَسْمَعُونَ، وَالْمَوْتَى يُقَامُونَ، وَالْمَسَاكِينَ يُبَشَّرُونَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:13 - وَلكِنْ، عِنْدَمَا تُقِيمُ وَلِيمَةً ادْعُ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَالْمُعَاقِينَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ؛

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 14:21

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:21 - فَرَجَعَ الْعَبْدُ وَأَخْبَرَ سَيِّدَهُ بِذلِكَ. عِنْدَئِذٍ غَضِبَ رَبُّ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ لِعَبْدِهِ: اخْرُجْ سَرِيعاً إِلَى شَوَارِعِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَأَزِقَّتِهَا، وَأَحْضِرِ الْفُقَرَاءَ وَالْمُعَاقِينَ وَالْعُرْجَ وَالْعُمْيَ إِلَى هُنَا.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:20 - وَكَانَ إِنْسَانٌ مِسْكِينٌ اسْمُهُ لِعَازَرُ، مَطْرُوحاً عِنْدَ بَابِهِ وَهُوَ مُصَابٌ بِالْقُرُوحِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 16:22 - وَمَاتَ الْمِسْكِينُ، وَحَمَلَتْهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ إِلَى حِضْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ. ثُمَّ مَاتَ الْغَنِيُّ أَيْضاً وَدُفِنَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:22 - فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَسُوعُ هَذَا، قَالَ لَهُ: «يَنْقُصُكَ شَيْءٌ وَاحِدٌ: بِعْ كُلَّ مَا عِنْدَكَ، وَوَزِّعْ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، فَيَكُونَ لَكَ كَنْزٌ فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ. ثُمَّ تَعَالَ اتْبَعْنِي!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:8 - وَلكِنَّ زَكَّا وَقَفَ وَقَالَ لِلرَّبِّ: «يَا رَبُّ، هَا أَنَا أُعْطِي نِصْفَ أَمْوَالِي لِلْفُقَرَاءِ. وَإِنْ كُنْتُ قَدِ اغْتَصَبْتُ شَيْئاً مِنْ أَحَدٍ، أَرُدُّ لَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَضْعَافٍ!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 21:3 - فَقَالَ: «الحَقَّ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ إِنَّ هذِهِ الأَرْمَلَةَ الْفَقِيرَةَ قَدْ أَلْقَتْ أَكْثَرَ مِنْهُمْ جَمِيعاً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:5 - «لِمَاذَا لَمْ يُبَعْ هَذَا الْعِطْرُ بِثَلاثِ مِئَةِ دِينَارٍ تُوَزَّعُ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ؟»

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:6 - وَلَمْ يَقُلْ هَذَا لأَنَّهُ كَانَ يَعْطِفُ عَلَى الْفُقَرَاءِ، بَلْ لأَنَّهُ كَانَ لِصّاً، فَقَدْ كَانَ أَمِيناً لِلصُّنْدُوقِ وَكَانَ يَخْتَلِسُ مِمَّا يُوْدَعُ فِيهِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:8 - لأَنَّ الْفُقَرَاءَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ؛ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَنْ أَكُونَ عِنْدَكُمْ فِي كُلِّ حِينٍ».

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - بَلْ ظَنَّ بَعْضُهُمْ أَنَّهُ يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يَشْتَرِيَ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ فِي الْعِيدِ، أَوْ أَنْ يُعْطِيَ الْفُقَرَاءَ بَعْضَ الْمَالِ، لأَنَّهُ كَانَ أَمِيناً لِلصُّنْدُوقِ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - ذلِكَ أَنَّ مُؤْمِنِي مُقَاطَعَتَيْ مَقِدُونِيَّةَ وَأَخَائِيَّةَ حَسُنَ لَدَيْهِمْ أَنْ يَجْمَعُوا إِعَانَةً لِلْفُقَرَاءِ بَيْنَ الْقِدِّيسِينَ الَّذِينَ فِي أُورُشَلِيمَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:10 - كَمَحْزُونِينَ وَنَحْنُ دَائِماً فَرِحُونَ، كَفُقَرَاءَ وَنَحْنُ نُغْنِي كَثِيرِينَ، كَمَنْ لَا شَيْءَ عِنْدَهُمْ وَنَحْنُ نَمْلِكُ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:10 - عَلَى أَلّا نُغْفِلَ أَمْرَ الْفُقَرَاءِ، وَطَالَمَا اجْتَهَدْتُ فِي عَمَلِ ذَلِكَ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - أَمَّا الآنَ وَقَدْ عَرَفْتُمُ اللهَ، بَلْ بِالأَحْرَى عَرَفَكُمُ اللهُ، فَكَيْفَ تَرْتَدُّونَ أَيْضاً إِلَى تِلْكَ الْمَبَادِئِ الْعَاجِزَةِ الْفَقِيرَةِ الَّتِي تَرْغَبُونَ فِي الرُّجُوعِ إِلَى الْعُبُودِيَّةِ لَهَا مِنْ جَدِيدٍ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:2 - لِنَفْرِضْ أَنَّ إِنْسَانَيْنِ دَخَلا مَجْمَعَكُمْ، أَحَدُهُمَا غَنِيٌّ يَلْبَسُ ثِيَاباً فَاخِرَةً وَيُزَيِّنُ أَصَابِعَهُ بِخَوَاتِمَ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ، وَالآخَرُ فَقِيرٌ يَلْبَسُ ثِيَاباً رَثَّةً.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:3 - فَإِنْ رَحَّبْتُمْ بِالْغَنِيِّ قَائِلِينَ: «تَفَضَّلْ، اجْلِسْ هُنَا فِي الصَّدْرِ!» ثُمَّ قُلْتُمْ لِلْفَقِيرِ: «وَأَنْتَ، قِفْ هُنَاكَ، أَوِ اقْعُدْ عَلَى الأَرْضِ عِنْدَ أَقْدَامِنَا!»

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - فَيَا إِخْوَتِي الأَحِبَّاءَ، أَمَا اخْتَارَ اللهُ الْفُقَرَاءَ فِي نَظَرِ النَّاسِ لِيَجْعَلَهُمْ أَغْنِيَاءَ فِي الإِيمَانِ، وَيُعْطِيَهُمْ حَقَّ الإِرْثِ فِي الْمَلَكُوتِ الَّذِي وَعَدَ بِهِ مُحِبِّيهِ؟

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:6 - وَلكِنَّكُمْ أَنْتُمْ عَامَلْتُمُ الْفَقِيرَ مُعَامَلَةً مُهِينَةً. أَلا تَعْرِفُونَ أَنَّ الأَغْنِيَاءَ هُمُ الَّذِينَ يَتَسَلَّطُونَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَيَجُرُّونَكُمْ إِلَى الْمَحَاكِمِ،

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:17 - تَقُولُ: أَنَا غَنِيٌّ، قَدِ اغْتَنَيْتُ وَلا يُعْوِزُنِي شَيْءٌ! وَلَكِنَّكَ لَا تَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ شَقِيٌّ بَائِسٌ فَقِيرٌ أَعْمَى عُرْيَانٌ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:16 - وَأَنْ يَأْمُرَ الْجَمِيعَ، كِبَاراً وَصِغَاراً، أَغْنِيَاءَ وَفُقَرَاءَ، أَحْرَاراً وَعَبِيداً، أَنْ يَحْملُوا عَلامَةً عَلَى أَيْدِيهِمِ الْيُمْنَى أَوْ عَلَى جِبَاهِهِمْ،
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