Poor - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Poor

[ A-1,Adjective,G4434, ptochos ]
for which See BEG, B, has the broad sense of poor,"
(a) literally, e.g., Matthew 11:5; Matthew 26:9, Matthew 26:11; Luke 21:3 (with stress on the word, "a conspicuously poor widow"); John 12:5-John 12:6, John 12:8; John 13:29; James 2:2-James 2:3, James 2:6; the "poor" are constantly the subjects of injunctions to assist them, Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21; Luke 14:13, Luke 14:21; Luke 18:22; Romans 15:26; Galatians 2:10;
(b) metaphorically, Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20; Revelation 3:17.

[ A-2,Adjective,G3998, penichros ]
akin to B, "needy, poor," is used of the widow in Luke 21:2 (cp. No. 1, of the same woman, in Luke 21:3); it is used frequently in the papyri. In the Sept., Exodus 22:25; Proverbs 28:15; Proverbs 29:7.

[ B-1,Noun,G3993, penes ]
"a laborer "(akin to penomai, "to work for one's daily bread"), is translated "poor" in 2 Corinthians 9:9.

[ C-1,Verb,G4433, ptocheuo ]
"to be poor as a beggar" (akin to A, No. 1), "to be destitute," is said of Christ in 2 Corinthians 8:9.

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