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4434 – πτωχός (ptochos)

poor


Type:
Adjective
Greek: πτωχός (ptochos)
Pronunciation: pto-khos
Gematria: 1856(80 + 300 + 800 + 600 + 70 + 6)    words with the same gematria
Origin: From ptosso, to crouch, akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098
Usage: 34 times in NT

Description

  1. Reduced to beggary, begging, asking alms.
  2. 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.
  3. 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).


Word root

Word with ptochos as root:

πτωχεύωptocheuoG4433become poor

Equivalent Hebrew/Aramaic words

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

אֶבְיוֹןevionH0034needy
אָרַרararH0779to curse
דַּלdalH1800poor
חֵֽלְכָהchelchahH2489helpless
עָנִיaniH6041afflicted
קָטָןqatanH6996asmall
רוּשׁroshH7326be poor

Alternative forms

Grammatical code shortcode Swedish Quantity
Adjective Adjective
acc. pl. ♂ accusative plural masculine
A-APM-8
Adjective Adjective
acc. pl. neut. accusative plural Neutral
A-APN-1
Adjective Adjective
acc. sing. ♂ accusative singular masculine
A-ASM-2
Adjective Adjective
dative pl. ♂ dative plural masculine
A-DPM-9
Adjective Adjective
dative sing. ♂ dative singular masculine
A-DSM-1
Adjective Adjective
gen. pl. ♂ genitive plural masculine
A-GPM-2
Adjective Adjective
nom. pl. ♂ Nominative plural masculine
A-NPM-5
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♀ Nominative singular feminine
A-NSF-3
Adjective Adjective
nom. sing. ♂ Nominative singular masculine
A-NSM-3


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References (34 occurances in 34 verses)




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