Dictionary entry

πένης

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

πένης, -ητος, ὁ

(< πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc.;]

one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: II Co 9:9.†

SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (v. Tr., Syn., § xxxvi; Abbott, Essays, 78).