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πτωχεία

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πτωχεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration: 
ptōcheia
Simplified transliteration: 
ptocheia
Numbers
Strong's number: 
4432
GK Number: 
4775
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-1a
Gloss: 
poverty
Definition: 
begging; beggary; poverty, 2 Cor. 8:2, 9; Rev. 2:9*

Greek-English Concordance for πτωχεία

2 Corinthians 8:2 how that in a severe test of affliction, the fullness of their joy and their extreme poverty (ptōcheia | πτωχεία | nom sg fem) have overflowed in the richness of their generosity.
2 Corinthians 8:9 For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that you by his poverty (ptōcheia | πτωχείᾳ | dat sg fem) might become rich.
Revelation 2:9 I know your affliction and your poverty (ptōcheian | πτωχείαν | acc sg fem) (but you are rich), and the slander against you by those who call themselves Jews and are not, but are a synagogue of Satan.