Difference between revisions of "Poor"

<div> '''A — 1: '''''Πτωχός''''' ''' (Strong'S #4434 — Adjective — ptochos — pto-khos' ) </div> <p> for which see [[Beg]] , B, has the broad sense of "poor," (a) literally, e.g., &nbsp;Matthew 11:5; &nbsp;26:9,11; &nbsp;Luke 21:3 (with stress on the word, "a conspicuously poor widow"); &nbsp; John 12:5,6,8; &nbsp;13:29; &nbsp;James 2:2,3,6; the "poor" are constantly the subjects of injunctions to assist them, &nbsp;Matthew 19:21; &nbsp;Mark 10:21; &nbsp;Luke 14:13,21; &nbsp;18:22; &nbsp;Romans 15:26; &nbsp;Galatians 2:10; (b) metaphorically, &nbsp;Matthew 5:3; &nbsp;Luke 6:20; &nbsp;Revelation 3:17 . </p> <div> '''A — 2: '''''Πενιχρός''''' ''' (Strong'S #3998 — Adjective — penichros — pen-tikh-ros' ) </div> <p> akin to B, "needy, poor," is used of the widow in &nbsp;Luke 21:2 (cp. No. 1, of the same woman, in ver. 3); it is used frequently in the papyri. In the Sept., &nbsp; Exodus 22:25; &nbsp;Proverbs 28:15; &nbsp;29:7 . </p> <div> '''B — 1: '''''Πένης''''' ''' (Strong'S #3993 — Adjective — penes — pen'-ace ) </div> <p> "a laborer "(akin to penomai, "to work for one's daily bread"), is translated "poor" in &nbsp;2 Corinthians 9:9 . </p> <div> '''C — 1: '''''Πτωχεύω''''' ''' (Strong'S #4433 — Verb — ptocheuo — pto-khyoo'-o ) </div> <p> "to be poor as a beggar" (akin to A, No. 1), "to be destitute," is said of Christ in &nbsp;2 Corinthians 8:9 . </p>