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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Poor
Thompson Chain Reference
• Poor, the
• Poor in Spirit
• Poor and Needy
Treasury of Biblical Knowledge
• Slaves & Rights: & Jews Sold, Jubilee Poor
• Poor, Servants, Looked After: & Slaves
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Poor, the
Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Poor
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Baker's Evangelical Dictionary
• Poor and Poverty, Theology of
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Poor: As Hearers
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Poor, Orphan, Widow
• Poor in Spirit
• Collection for the Poor Saints
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Poor
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Poor Poverty
• Poor
King James Dictionary
• Poor
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Poor
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Poor, Care of the
• Poor, Bible of the
• Poor Sisters of Nazareth
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Poor
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Poor
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Poor
• Poor (Person), Weak (Person)
Webster Dictionary
• Poorness
• Poor-Willie
• Poor-Will
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Poor Clares
• Poor Law
• Poore
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Poor
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Biblia Pauperum (Bible of the Poor).
• Biblia Pauperum (Bible of the Poor). (2)
• Pilgrims, Poor
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Poor Richard
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Care of the Poor by the Church
• Little Sisters of the Poor
• Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Poor Laws
• Poor, Relief of
Lexicons
• ܡܣܟܢ
• ܡܶܣܟ݁ܺܢܳܐ
• Λάζαρος
• πένης
• πενιχρός
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• אֶבְיון
• דַּל
• דַּלָּה , דַּלָּה
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Trench's NT Synonyms
• Poor

POOR, a. L. pauper.

1. Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence needy. It is often synonymous with indigent, and with necessitous, denoting extreme want it is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but are not rich as a poor man or woman poor people

2. In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.

3. Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity barren mean jejune as a poor composition a poor essay a poor discourse.

4. Destitute of value, worth or importance of little use trifling.

That I have wronged no man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.

5. Paltry mean of little value as a poor coat a poor house.

6. Destitute of fertility barren exhausted as poor land. The ground is become poor.

7. Of little worth unimportant as in my poor opinion.

8. Unhappy pitiable.

Vex'd sailors curse the rain

For which poor shepherds pray'd in vain.

9. Mean depressed low dejected destitute of spirit.

A soothsayer made Antonius believe that his genius,which was otherwise brave, was, in the presence of Octavianus, poor and cowardly.

10. Lean emaciated as a poor horse. The ox is poor.

11. Small, or of a bad quality as a poor crop a poor harvest.

12. Uncomfortable restless The patient has had a poor night.

13. Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3

14. In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose as a poor pen a poor ship a poor carriage poor fruit poor bread poor wine, &c.

15. A word of tenderness or pity dear.

Poor, little, pretty, fluttering thing.

16. A word of slight contempt wretched.

The poor monk never saw many of the decrees and councils he had occasion to use.

17. The poor, collectively, used as a noun those who are destitute of property the indigent the needy in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.

I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor, the less they provide for themselves.

Poor in spirit, in a Scriptural sense, humble contrite abased in one's own sight by a sense of guilt. Matthew 5