G4434 πτωχός
Strong's Greek Concordance · 34 KJV occurrences
πτωχός
ptōchós
Definition
akin to G4422 (πτοέω) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω)); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 (πένης) properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
KJV Renderings
beggar(-ly), poor
Derivation / Etymology
from (to crouch);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 34)
- Matthew 5:3Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
- Matthew 26:11For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
- Mark 14:5For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
- Luke 7:22Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.
- Luke 18:22Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.
- John 12:6This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
- James 2:3And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool: