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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πτωχεία

(Strong's #4432 — Noun Feminine — ptocheia — pto-khi'-ah )

"destitution" (akin to ptocheuo, see POOR), is used of the "poverty" which Christ voluntarily experienced on our behalf, 2 Corinthians 8:9; of the destitute condition of saints in Judea, 2 Corinthians 8:2; of the condition of the church in Smyrna, Revelation 2:9 , where the word is used in a general sense. Cp. synonymous words under POOR.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Poverty'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/poverty.html. 1940.
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