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4434 ~πτωχός~ ptochos \@pto-khos’\@ from ~πτωσσω~ ptosso (to crouch, akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); adj AV-poor 30, beggar 2, poor man 1, beggarly 1; 34
- 1) reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms
- 2) destitute of wealth, influence, position, honour
- 2a) lowly, afflicted, destitute of the Christian virtues and eternal riches
- 2b) helpless, powerless to accomplish an end
- 2c) poor, needy
- 3) lacking in anything
- 3a) as respects their spirit
- 3a1) 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 themselves fitted to lay hold of the heavenly treasure) For Synonyms see entry 5870
- 3a) as respects their spirit
- See Definition for πένης 3993-one who is so poor he earns his bread by daily labour
- See Definition for πτωχός 4434-one who only obtains his living by begging