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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4433 - πτωχεύω

Transliteration

ptōcheúō

Phonetics

pto-khyoo'-o

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G4434)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

6:885,969

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to be a beggar, to beg, to be poor

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1809 ‑ דָּלַל (daw‑lal'); 3423 ‑ יָרֵשׁ (yaw‑rash', yaw‑raysh'); 7326 ‑ רוּשׁ (roosh);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

NAS (1)

2 Corinthians 1

HCS (1)

2 Corinthians 1

BSB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

ESV (1)

2 Corinthians 1

WEB (1)

2 Corinthians 1

KJV (1)

poor 1

NAS (1)

became 1

HCS (1)

He became poor 1

BSB (1)

He became poor 1

ESV (1)

became poor 1

WEB (1)

he became poor 1

RAH

V-AAI1P 1

V-AAI3P 1

V-AAI3S 2

V-AAN 1

V-FAI3S 1

ANT

V-AAI-3S 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 1

BGB

V-AIA-3S 1

BMT

V-AAI-3S 1

BYZ

V-AAI-3S 1

ELZ

V-AAI-3S 1

NA26

V-AAI-3S 1

SBL

V-3AAIS 1

SCV

V-AAI-3S 1

STV

V-AAI-3S 1

TIS

V-AAI-3S 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πτωχ-εύω,

fut. -σω Od. 15.309: Ep. impf. πτωχεύεσκον 18.2: —

to be a beggar, go begging, Il.cc.; ἀνὰ δῆμον 19.73, cf. Tyrt. 10.4, Ar. Nu. 921 (anap.), etc.; ἐπὶ ξενίας Antipho 2.2.9 .

2. to be as poor as a beggar, Antiph. 322, Pl. Erx. 394b .

3. metaph. c. gen., to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, Plb. 7.7.6 .

II trans., beg ( for ), δαῖτα Od. 17.11, 19 .

2. c. acc.pers., ask an alms of, φίλους Thgn. 922 .

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πτωχεύω: 1 aorist ἐπτώχευσα; (πτωχός, which see); properly, to be a beggar, to beg; so in classical Greek from Homer down; in the N. T. once, to be poor: 2 Corinthians 8:9, on which see πλούσιος, b. at the end (Tobit 4:21; the Sept. for דָּלַל to be weak, afflicted, Judges 6:6; Psalm 78:8 (; for נורַשׁ to be reduced to want, Proverbs 23:21; רוּשׁ to be needy, Psalm 33:11 ().

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πτωχεύω

(< πτωχός ),

[in LXX: Judges 6:6, Psalms 79:8 (H1809); Judges 14:15 A, Proverbs 23:21 (H3423); Psalms 34:10 (H7326), Tobit 4:21 *;]

1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl.).

2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opp. to πλούσιος ὤν , 2 Corinthians 8:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

επτωχεύσαμεν επτώχευσαν επτώχευσε επτωχευσεν επτώχευσεν ἐπτώχευσεν πτωχεύσαι πτωχεύσει πτωχίζει eptocheusen eptōcheusen eptṓcheusen