GreekG3998Adjective
πενιχρός
penichros
“poor”
1Occurrences
G3998Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
necessitous
prolongation from the base of G3993 (πένης);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης, needy, poor: (for ex. in π., see MM, xix).
LXX: (עָנִי) (דַּל) *
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Adjective
Morphology Code
G:A
Full Description
Greek Adjective
Occurrences
πενιχρός appears 1 time in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Luke
1
Key Passages
Luke 21:2BSB
and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
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