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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #4432 - πτωχεία

Transliteration

ptōcheía

Phonetics

pto-khi'-ah

Origin

from (G4433)

Parts of Speech

TDNT

6:885,969

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

beggary
in the NT poverty
1. the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 4544 ‑ מִסְכֵּנֻת (mis‑kay‑nooth'); 6040 ‑ עֳנִי (on‑ee');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

NAS (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

HCS (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

BSB (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

ESV (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

WEB (3)

2 Corinthians 2

Revelation 1

KJV (3)

poverty 3

NAS (3)

poverty 3

HCS (3)

poverty 1

poverty 2

BSB (3)

poverty 3

ESV (3)

poverty 3

WEB (3)

poverty 2

your poverty 1

RAH

N-ASF 2

N-DSF 2

N-GSF 8

ANT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-AFS 1

N-DFS 1

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 1

N-DSF 1

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πτωχ-εία,

Ion. πτωχ-ηΐη,, ἡ,

beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται Hdt. 3.14; εἰς ἐσχάτην π. ἐλθεῖν Pl. Lg. 936b; εἰς π. καταστάντες Lys. 32.10: pl., Pl. R. 618a: prov., πτωχείας πενία ἀδελφή Ar. Pl. 549 .

II poor relief, Cod.Just. 1.3.41.23. -εῖον, τό, poorhouse, ib.1.2.15.1 (pl.), Procop. Aed. 5.9, EM 187.22; written πτωχῖον, MAMA 3.783; Lat. ptochium, Cod.Just. 1.3.48.1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

πτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (πτωχεύω);

1. beggary (Herodotus 3, 14; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 549; Plato, legg. 11, p. 936{b}; Lysias p. 898, 9; Aristotle, poet. c. 23 p. 1459^b, 6).

2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opposed to πλουτεῖν, 2 Corinthians 8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Revelation 2:9; ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2 Corinthians 8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for ענִי, affliction, misery.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πτωχεία , -ας , ἡ

(< πτωχεύω ),

[in LXX chiefly for H6040;]

beggary, destitution: 2 Corinthians 8:2; 2 Corinthians 8:9, Revelation 2:9.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

List of Word Forms

πτωχεια πτωχεία πτωχείᾳ πτωχειαν πτωχείαν πτωχείας ptocheia ptocheía ptōcheia ptōcheía ptocheíāi ptōcheíāi ptocheian ptocheían ptōcheian ptōcheían