Bible dictionaries

Needy

What Bible dictionaries say about “Needy”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Needy - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

NEEDY, a. Necessitous; indigent; very poor; distressed by want of the means of living.

To relieve the needy and comfort the afflicted, are duties that fall in our way every day.

Spare the blushes of needy merit.

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

ned'-i ('ebhyon).

See POOR.

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