Strong G3993πένης
poor
- Transliteration
- penēs
- Pronunciation
- pen'-ace
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence);
starving that is indigent : - poor. Compare G4434 .
starving that is indigent : - poor. Compare G4434 .
Detailed definition
πένης, -ητος, ὁ
(πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc.;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)
(πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc.;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3993 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- poor1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 9:9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
πένης, ητος, ὁ,
(πένομαι) one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 283)]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 3)]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος.., ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 553; οἱ π. αὐτῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 2.47; πλούσιος ἐκ πένητος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.4; πένητες ἄνθρωποι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.51)]; οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 584; π. ἵππος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.5.)]
II as adjective, π. δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1139: with _neuter_, ἐν πένητι σώματι [prev. work] 372: with _genitive_, χρημάτων πένητες)] poor in money,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 38; π. φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 332c; π. ἀπολογίας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 11)]: comparative πενέστερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.13)]: superlative πενέστατος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.123.)]
(πένομαι) one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 283)]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Archytas Tarentinus Philosophus 3)]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος.., ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 553; οἱ π. αὐτῶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.133, 2.47; πλούσιος ἐκ πένητος 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.4; πένητες ἄνθρωποι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.51)]; οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 584; π. ἵππος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 11.5.)]
II as adjective, π. δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1139: with _neuter_, ἐν πένητι σώματι [prev. work] 372: with _genitive_, χρημάτων πένητες)] poor in money,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 38; π. φίλων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 332c; π. ἀπολογίας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Apol.” 11)]: comparative πενέστερος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 1.13)]: superlative πενέστατος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.123.)]