Strong G1729ἐνδεής
impoverished
- Transliteration
- endeēs
- Pronunciation
- en-deh-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐνδεής, -ές
(ἐνδέω, to lack) [in LXX for חָסֵר, אֶבְיוֹן, etc.;]
in want, needy: Act.4:34,†
(AS)
(ἐνδέω, to lack) [in LXX for חָסֵר, אֶבְיוֹן, etc.;]
in want, needy: Act.4:34,†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1729 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- lack1
First verses
- Acts 4:34Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐνδε-ής, ές,
neuter plural ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):— wanting or lacking in, in need of, with genitive, ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 835)]; πολλῶν ἐ., opposed to αὐτάρκης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b)]; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ... πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 195d, compare “Lg.” 697e; σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ᾽ ἔχειν [prev. author] “Prt.” 329b.)]
2 absolutely, in want, in need, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.3 codices, etc.)]
2.b lacking, deficient, frequently in comparative, ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.48)]; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; -εστέρα παρασκευή [prev. author] 4.65; ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.105)]; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 375; τοῦτο πολλῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 170; μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς [prev. author] “Ph.” 385; ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.40; ἐ. τὸν βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 592; τὴν ὄψιν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 1.2)]; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, ={ἔνδεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77)]; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.83.)]
3 inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1430; γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23)]; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (i.e. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 102: _comparative_ ἐνδεέστερός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 524; τῆς δόξης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; αὑτοῦ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 35.)]
4 inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322b; ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.36.)]
5 Grammars, defective, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 239.18.)]
6 adverb ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opposed to ἱκανῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88e, “R.” 523e)]; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 898.8; τῶν ἀναγκαίων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 27)]; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40: _comparative_ ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν)] less than, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.39; ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι [prev. author] 2.35; ἐ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 74e)]; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.12)]: rarely -έστερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 209.21.)]
neuter plural ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):— wanting or lacking in, in need of, with genitive, ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77; ἑνός μοι μῦθος ἐ. ἔτι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 835)]; πολλῶν ἐ., opposed to αὐτάρκης, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 369b)]; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ... πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 195d, compare “Lg.” 697e; σμικροῦ τινος ἐ. εἰμι πάντ᾽ ἔχειν [prev. author] “Prt.” 329b.)]
2 absolutely, in want, in need, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.1.3 codices, etc.)]
2.b lacking, deficient, frequently in comparative, ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.48)]; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; -εστέρα παρασκευή [prev. author] 4.65; ἐνδεέστεροι ταῖς οὐσίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.105)]; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 375; τοῦτο πολλῷ τοῦ παρόντος ἐνδεές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 170; μηδὲν ἐνδεὲς λίπῃς [prev. author] “Ph.” 385; ἐνδεὲς φαίνεταί τι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.9; ἐνδεές τι ἐν τῷ σώματι ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.40; ἐ. τὸν βίον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 592; τὴν ὄψιν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMar.” 1.2)]; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, ={ἔνδεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.77)]; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.83.)]
3 inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1430; γένει οὐδενὸς ἐνδεής 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.1.23)]; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.70)]; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (i.e. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 102: _comparative_ ἐνδεέστερός τινος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 524; τῆς δόξης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.11; αὑτοῦ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 35.)]
4 inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 322b; ἐ. ξυνθῆκαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.36.)]
5 Grammars, defective, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 239.18.)]
6 adverb ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opposed to ἱκανῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 88e, “R.” 523e)]; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 898.8; τῶν ἀναγκαίων 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 27)]; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.40: _comparative_ ἐνδεεστέρως παρεῖχεν ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐξουσίαν)] less than, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 4.39; ἐ. πρὸς ἃ βούλεται δηλοῦσθαι [prev. author] 2.35; ἐ. ἔχειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 74e)]; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 12.12)]: rarely -έστερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 209.21.)]