pen'-u-ri (machcor): InPr 14:23, with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word inLu 21:4(husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites).
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.