Strong's Lexicon
G4432 — πτωχεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G4432 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πτωχεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G4433 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | ptocheia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pto-khei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. beggary, i.e. indigence {literally or figuratively} |
| KJV Renderings: | poverty |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (πτωχεύω);
1. beggary (Herodotus 3, 14; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 549; Plato, legg. 11, p. 936{b}; Lysias p. 898, 9; Aristotle, poet. c. 23 p. 1459^b, 6).
2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opposed to πλουτεῖν, 2Co 8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Rev 2:9; ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2Co 8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for òðÄé, affliction, misery.)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πτωχεία (poverty)
2 Corinthians 8:2
- KJV: How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality
- GK: ότι εν πολλή δοκιμή θλίψεως η περισσεία της χαράς αυτών και η κατά βάθους πτωχεία αυτών επερίσσευσεν εις τον πλούτον της απλότητος αυτών
2 Corinthians 8:9
- KJV: For 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
- GK: γινώσκετε γαρ την χάριν του κυρίου ημών Ιησού χριστού ότι δι΄ υμάς επτώχευσε πλούσιος ων ίνα υμείς τη εκείνου πτωχεία πλουτήσητε
Revelation 2:9
- KJV: I know thy works and tribulation and poverty but thou art rich and the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews and are not but the synagogue of Satan
- GK: οίδά σου τα έργα και την θλίψιν και την πτωχείαν αλλά πλούσιος ει και την βλασφημίαν των λεγόντων Ιουδαίους είναι εαυτούς και ουκ εισίν αλλά συναγωγή του σατανά
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