Beggar Beg Beggarly

Beggar Beg Beggarly

'''A — 1: ἐπαιτέω (Strong'S #1871 — Verb — epaiteo — ep-ahee-teh'-o )

a strengthened form of aiteo, is used in  Luke 16:3 .

'''A — 2: προσαιτέω (Strong'S #4319 — Verb — prosaiteo — pros-ahee-teh'-o )

lit., "to ask besides" (pros, "towards," used intensively, and aiteo), "to ask earnestly, to importune, continue asking," is said of the blind beggar in  John 9:8 . In  Mark 10:46;  Luke 18:35 certain mss. have this verb; the most authentic have prosaites, "a beggar," a word used in   John 9:8 , as well as the verb (see the Rv).

 Matthew 27:58 Luke 23:52Ask.

'''B — 1: πτωχός (Strong'S #4434 — Adjective — ptochos — pto-khos' )

an adjective describing "one who crouches and cowers," is used as a noun, "a beggar" (from ptosso, "to cower down or hide oneself for fear"),  Luke 14:13,21 ("poor");   Luke 16:20,22; as an adjective "beggarly" in  Galatians 4:9 , i.e., poverty-stricken, powerless to enrich, metaphorically descriptive of the religion of the Jews.

Poor.