3993 – πένης (penes)

poor

Type:	Adjective
Greek:	πένης (penes)
Pronunciation:	pen-ace
Gematria:	149(80 + 5 + 50 + 8 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin:	From a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence)
Usage:	1 times in NT

Description

Poor.

Synonyms

The difference is that someone who is penes works hard to earn a living, while a ptochos has no resources at all and is forced to hold out his hand like a beggar.

πένης	penes		G3993	(1 ggr)	poor
πενιχρός	penichros		G3998	(1 ggr)	poor
πτωχός	ptochos		G4434	(34 ggr)	poor

*The bars show how many times the word is used in the New Testament.

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

In the Greek Septuagint (LXX) translation, the following Hebrew/Aramaic words have been translated into penes :

אֶבְיוֹן	evion	H0034	needy
דַּךְ	dach	H1790	crushed
דַּל	dal	H1800	poor
חֵֽלְכָה	chelchah	H2489	helpless
מִסְכֵּן	misken	H4542	poor
עָנָו	anav	H6035	poor
עָנִי	ani	H6041	afflicted
רֹאשׁ	rosh	H7218a	head

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