Strong's Number G4434

πτωχός

ptochos · pto-khos'

Transliteration:

ptochos{pto-khos'}

Word Origin:

from ptosso {to crouch, akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098)

TDNT:

6:885,969

Part of Speech:

adjective

Strong's 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)

Usage in the KJV:

poor 30, beggar 2, poor man 1, beggarly 1

Total: 34
Occurs 34 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms
destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour
1. lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches
2. helpless, powerless to accomplish an end
3. poor, needy
lacking in anything
1. as respects their spirit
  1. destitute of wealth of learning and intellectual culture which the schools afford (men of this class most readily give themselves up to Christ's teaching and proved them selves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure) For Synonyms see entry 5870