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Strong's #4432 - πτωχεία
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- beggary
- in the NT poverty
- the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance
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πτωχ-εία,
Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη,, ἡ,
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.
πτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (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; ἡ 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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πτωχεία , -ας , ἡ
(< πτωχεύω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6040;]
beggary, destitution: 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9, Revelation 2:9.†
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