Gloss
poor; (n.) poor, beggar
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πτωχός, -ή, -όν
Greek transliteration
ptōchos
Simplified transliteration
ptochos
Numbers
Strong's number
4434
GK Number
4777
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
34
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(2a)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πτωχός
| 2 Corinthians 6:10 | as sorrowing, yet always rejoicing; as poor (ptōchoi | πτωχοί | nom pl masc), yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing everything. |
| Galatians 2:10 | They asked only that we should continue to remember the poor (ptōchōn | πτωχῶν | gen pl masc), the very thing I too was eager to do. |
| Galatians 4:9 | But now that you have come to know God — or rather, are known by God — how can you turn back again to the feeble and inferior (ptōcha | πτωχά | acc pl neut) elementary principles of the world? How can you want to be their slaves all over again? |
| James 2:2 | For if a man comes into your congregation wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man (ptōchos | πτωχός | nom sg masc) in dirty clothes also comes in, |
| James 2:3 | and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say, “You sit here in a good place,” but to the poor (ptōchō | πτωχῷ | dat sg masc) man you say, “You stand over there, or sit down here at my feet,” |
| James 2:5 | Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose those whom the world considers poor (ptōchous | πτωχούς | acc pl masc) to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him? |
| James 2:6 | But you have dishonored the poor! (ptōchon | πτωχόν | acc sg masc) Is it not the rich who oppress you? And are not they the ones who drag you into court? |
| Revelation 3:17 | Because you say, ‘I am rich and have prospered; I need nothing,’ but do not realize that you are wretched, miserable, poor (ptōchos | πτωχός | nom sg masc), blind, and naked, |
| Revelation 13:16 | He also caused everyone — small and great, rich and poor (ptōchous | πτωχούς | acc pl masc), free and slave — to receive a mark on their right hand or on their forehead. |
