Penury

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · James Orr and contributors

pen'-u-ri (machcor): In Pr 14:23, with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word in Lu 21:4 (husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites).

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Read “Penury” in the 2 dictionaries

PenuryEaston’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Source of the article

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

Bible Strong digital edition from CrossWire module 2.2; historical scholarship originally published in 1915