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the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Poverty
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
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"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.
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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.
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.