πτωχός
ptōchos
“poor”
Definition
akin to G4422 (πτοέω) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω)); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 (πένης) properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
from (to crouch);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun
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Occurrences
πτωχός appears 34 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’
“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me,because He has anointed Meto preach good news to the poor.He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind,to release the oppressed,
The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have Me.
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