Impoverished
ἐνδεήςStrong’s G1729endeēs
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Endeēs is the Greek word usually translated “need”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold,”
Meaning
Usually translated “need”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- in need 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
ἐνδεής endeēs · impoverished
ἐνδεής, -ές (ἐνδέω, to lack) [in LXX for חָסֵר, אֶבְיוֹן, etc. ;] in want, needy: Act.4:34,† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “impoverished” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
IMPOV'ERISHED, participle passive
Reduced to poverty; exhausted.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.