Strong G4432πτωχεία
poverty
- Transliteration
- ptōcheia
- Pronunciation
- pto-khi'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G4433; beggary that is indigence (literally or figuratively): - poverty.
Detailed definition
πτωχεία, -ας, ἡ
(πτωχεύω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי;]
beggary, destitution: 2Co.8:2 8:9, Rev.2:9.†
(AS)
(πτωχεύω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי;]
beggary, destitution: 2Co.8:2 8:9, Rev.2:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4432 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- poverty3
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 8:2How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Revelation 2:9I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
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Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πτωχ-εία,
Ionic dialect πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.10: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618a: proverbial, πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 549.)]
II poor relief, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.41.23. -εῖον)], τό, poorhouse, [Refs 6th c.AD+ ([prev. work]1.2.15.1 (_plural_), 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 5.9, “Etymologicum Magnum” 187.22)]; written πτωχῖον, [Refs (“MAMA” 3.783)]; Latin ptochium, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.48.1.)]
Ionic dialect πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 32.10: _plural_, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618a: proverbial, πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 549.)]
II poor relief, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.41.23. -εῖον)], τό, poorhouse, [Refs 6th c.AD+ ([prev. work]1.2.15.1 (_plural_), 6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “de Aedificiis” 5.9, “Etymologicum Magnum” 187.22)]; written πτωχῖον, [Refs (“MAMA” 3.783)]; Latin ptochium, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.3.48.1.)]