πτωχός
ptōchós
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: from (to crouch);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: beggar(-ly), poor
Usage
34 occurrences · 0 OT · 34 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the poor11 · 32%
- to the poor10 · 29%
- poor6 · 18%
- are the poor1 · 3%
- be ye poor1 · 3%
- beggar1 · 3%
- that the beggar1 · 3%
- unto the poor1 · 3%
- beggarly1 · 3%
- a poor man1 · 3%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.