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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4432 - πτωχεία

Transliteration
ptōcheía
Phonetics
pto-khi'-ah
Root Word (Etymology)
from (G4433)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
6:885,969
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. beggary
  2. in the NT poverty
    1. the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 4544 ‑ מִסְכֵּנֻת (mis‑kay‑nooth');  6040 ‑ עֳנִי (on‑ee');  
Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
NAS (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
HCS (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
BSB (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
ESV (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
WEB (3)
2 Corinthians 2
Revelation 1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πτωχ-εία,

Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη,, ,

beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται Hdt. 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν Pl. Lg. 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες Lys. 32.10: pl., Pl. R. 618a: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή Ar. Pl. 549 .

II poor relief, Cod.Just. 1.3.41.23. -εῖον, τό, poorhouse, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), Procop. Aed. 5.9, EM 187.22; written πτωχῖον, MAMA 3.783; Lat. ptochium, Cod.Just. 1.3.48.1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πτωχεία, πτωχείας, (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, 2 Corinthians 8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Revelation 2:9; κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2 Corinthians 8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for ענִי, affliction, misery.)


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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πτωχεία , -ας ,

(< πτωχεύω ),

[in LXX chiefly for H6040;]

beggary, destitution: 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9, Revelation 2:9.†


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
πτωχεια πτωχεία πτωχείᾳ πτωχειαν πτωχείαν πτωχείας ptocheia ptocheía ptōcheia ptōcheía ptocheíāi ptōcheíāi ptocheian ptocheían ptōcheian ptōcheían
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