Strong's G4434
πτωχός
- Transliteration
- 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 usage
- beggar(-ly), poor
- Derivation
- from (to crouch);
From Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890), Greek dictionary. Data: Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA.