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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 92 times in 88 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Exo 23:11–Pro 14:21)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:11 - But in the seventh year you must let it lie fallow and leave it alone so that the poor of your people may eat, and what they leave any animal in the field may eat; you must do likewise with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - You must not pick your vineyard bare, and you must not gather up the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - "'You must not deal unjustly in judgment: you must neither show partiality to the poor nor honor the rich. You must judge your fellow citizen fairly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - When you gather in the harvest of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field, and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest. You must leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.'"

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the LORD your God may bless all the work you do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - He said, "May you be rewarded by the LORD, my dear! This act of devotion is greater than what you did before. For you have not sought to marry one of the young men, whether rich or poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He lifts the weak from the dust; he raises the poor from the ash heap to seat them with princes and to bestow on them an honored position. The foundations of the earth belong to the LORD, and he has placed the world on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - You deliver oppressed people, but you watch the proud and bring them down.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But he left behind some of the poor of the land and gave them fields and vineyards.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - And let the king's decision which he will enact be disseminated throughout all his kingdom, vast though it is. Then all the women will give honor to their husbands, from the most prominent to the lowly."

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies - the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - for I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the orphan who had no one to assist him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28 - so that they caused the cry of the poor to come before him, so that he hears the cry of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:6 - He does not allow the wicked to live, but he gives justice to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - for the needy are not permanently ignored, the hopes of the oppressed are not forever dashed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - The wicked arrogantly chase the oppressed; the oppressed are trapped by the schemes the wicked have dreamed up.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - You have taken notice, for you always see one who inflicts pain and suffering. The unfortunate victim entrusts his cause to you; you deliver the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - "Because of the violence done to the oppressed, because of the painful cries of the needy, I will spring into action," says the LORD. "I will provide the safety they so desperately desire."

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You want to humiliate the oppressed, even though the LORD is their shelter.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For he did not despise or detest the suffering of the oppressed; he did not ignore him; when he cried out to him, he responded.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - Turn toward me and have mercy on me, for I am alone and oppressed!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This oppressed man cried out and the LORD heard; he saved him from all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - With all my strength I will say, "O LORD, who can compare to you? You rescue the oppressed from those who try to overpower them; the oppressed and needy from those who try to rob them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - I am oppressed and needy! May the Lord pay attention to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O my God, do not delay!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - How blessed is the one who treats the poor properly! When trouble comes, the LORD delivers him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 68:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - I am oppressed and suffering! O God, deliver and protect me!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The oppressed look on - let them rejoice! You who seek God, may you be encouraged!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - I am oppressed and needy! O God, hurry to me! You are my helper and my deliverer! O LORD, do not delay!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - Then he will judge your people fairly, and your oppressed ones equitably.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - He will defend the oppressed among the people; he will deliver the children of the poor and crush the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he will rescue the needy when they cry out for help, and the oppressed who have no defender.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He will take pity on the poor and needy; the lives of the needy he will save.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 74:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Do not let the afflicted be turned back in shame! Let the oppressed and poor praise your name!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the cause of the poor and the fatherless! Vindicate the oppressed and suffering!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 82:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 - Rescue the poor and needy! Deliver them from the power of the wicked!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - Listen O LORD! Answer me! For I am oppressed and needy.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 88:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - I am oppressed and have been on the verge of death since my youth. I have been subjected to your horrors and am numb with pain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 102:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - O LORD, hear my prayer! Pay attention to my cry for help!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22 - For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 113:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raises the poor from the dirt, and lifts up the needy from the garbage pile,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 132:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will abundantly supply what she needs; I will give her poor all the food they need.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - I know that the LORD defends the cause of the oppressed and vindicates the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - The ransom of a person's life is his wealth, but the poor person hears no threat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed.

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