Lexical Summary ptōcheia: beggary, destitution Original Word: πτωχείαTransliteration: ptōcheia Phonetic Spelling: (pto-khi'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: beggary, destitution Meaning: beggary, destitution Strong's Concordance poverty. From ptocheuo; beggary, i.e. Indigence (literally or figuratively) -- poverty. see GREEK ptocheuo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4432: πτωχείαπτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (πτωχεύω); 1. beggary (Herodotus 3, 14; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 549; Plato, legg. 11, p. 936{b}; Lysias p. 898, 9; Aristotle, poet. c. 23 p. 1459^b, 6). 2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opposed to πλουτεῖν, 2 Corinthians 8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Revelation 2:9; ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2 Corinthians 8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for ענִי, affliction, misery.) |
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