ptochos <4434>
ptwcov ptochos
| Pronunciation: | pto-khos' |
| Origin: | from ptwssw ptosso (to crouch, akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098) |
| Reference: | TDNT - 6:885,969 |
| PrtSpch: | adj |
| In Greek: | ptwca 1, ptwch 3, ptwcoi 5, ptwcoiv 9, ptwcon 2, ptwcouv 8, ptwcov 3, ptwcw 1, ptwcwn 2 |
| In NET: | poor 27, a poor person 1, a poor man 1, poor man 1, poor person 1, to the poor 1, to poor 1, worthless 1 |
| In AV: | poor 30, beggar 2, poor man 1, beggarly 1 |
| Count: | 34 |
| Definition: | 1) reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms 2) destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour 2a) lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches 2b) helpless, powerless to accomplish an end 2c) poor, needy 3) lacking in anything 3a) as respects their spirit 3a1) destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily give themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved themselves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure) Synonym : See Definition 5870 from ptosso (to crouch); akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):-beggar(-ly), poor. see GREEK for 4422 see GREEK for 4098 see GREEK for 3993 |
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