GreekG3993Noun (Masculine)
πένης
penēs
“poor”
1Occurrences
G3993Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
starving, i.e. indigent
from a primary (to toil for daily subsistence);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man.
Synonyms
πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78)
LXX: for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc.
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
G:N-M
Full Description
Greek Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
πένης appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
2 Corinthians
1
Key Passages
2 Corinthians 9:9BSB
As it is written:“He has scattered abroad His gifts to the poor;His righteousness endures forever.”
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