Dictionary entry

G04434

Strong's Greek Bible Dictionary

πτωχός

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ptochos

{pto-khos'}

from ptosso (to crouch); akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):--beggar(-ly), poor.

See G04422.

See G04098.

See G03993.