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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 during the seventh year let the land lie unplowed and unused. Then the poor among your people may get food from it, and the wild animals may eat what is left. Do the same with your vineyard and your olive grove.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:10 - Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:15 - “ ‘Do not pervert justice; do not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the great, but judge your neighbor fairly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:22 - “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the foreigner residing among you. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 24:19 - When you are harvesting in your field and you overlook a sheaf, do not go back to get it. Leave it for the foreigner, the fatherless and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:10 - “The LORD bless you, my daughter,” he replied. “This kindness is greater than that which you showed earlier: You have not run after the younger men, whether rich or poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:8 - He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap; he seats them with princes and has them inherit a throne of honor. “For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s; on them he has set the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:28 - You save the humble, but your eyes are on the haughty to bring them low.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - He carried all Jerusalem into exile: all the officers and fighting men, and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:12 - But the commander left behind some of the poorest people of the land to work the vineyards and fields.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:20 - Then when the king’s edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month when their sorrow was turned into joy and their mourning into a day of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving presents of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:12 - because I rescued the poor who cried for help, and the fatherless who had none to assist them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:28

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:6 - He does not keep the wicked alive but gives the afflicted their rights.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:18 - But God will never forget the needy; the hope of the afflicted will never perish.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:2 - In his arrogance the wicked man hunts down the weak, who are caught in the schemes he devises.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:9 - like a lion in cover he lies in wait. He lies in wait to catch the helpless; he catches the helpless and drags them off in his net.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 10:14 - But you, God, see the trouble of the afflicted; you consider their grief and take it in hand. The victims commit themselves to you; you are the helper of the fatherless.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:5 - “Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,” says the LORD. “I will protect them from those who malign them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:6 - You evildoers frustrate the plans of the poor, but the LORD is their refuge.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:24 - For he has not despised or scorned the suffering of the afflicted one; he has not hidden his face from him but has listened to his cry for help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:16 - Turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:6 - This poor man called, and the LORD heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:10 - My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, LORD? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:14 - The wicked draw the sword and bend the bow to bring down the poor and needy, to slay those whose ways are upright.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 40:17 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my help and my deliverer; you are my God, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - [fn]For the director of music. A psalm of David. Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:10 - Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:29 - But as for me, afflicted and in pain— may your salvation, God, protect me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:32 - The poor will see and be glad— you who seek God, may your hearts live!

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 70:5 - But as for me, I am poor and needy; come quickly to me, O God. You are my help and my deliverer; LORD, do not delay.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:2 - May he judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - May he defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; may he crush the oppressor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:12 - For he will deliver the needy who cry out, the afflicted who have no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:13 - He will take pity on the weak and the needy and save the needy from death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 74:21 - Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace; may the poor and needy praise your name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:4 - Rescue the weak and the needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:1 - A prayer of David. Hear me, LORD, and answer me, for I am poor and needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:15 - From my youth I have suffered and been close to death; I have borne your terrors and am in despair.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 102:1 - [fn]A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, LORD; let my cry for help come to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - For he never thought of doing a kindness, but hounded to death the poor and the needy and the brokenhearted.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:22 - For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 113:7 - He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 132:15 - I will bless her with abundant provisions; her poor I will satisfy with food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:12 - I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:8 - A person’s riches may ransom their life, but the poor cannot respond to threatening rebukes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:20 - The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:21 - It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.

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