Poverty
πτωχείαStrong’s G4432ptōcheia
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Ptōcheia is the Greek word usually translated “poverty”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.”
Meaning
Usually translated “poverty”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- poverty 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 2
- Revelation 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 8:9For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
- Revelation 2:9I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.
Greek dictionary
πτωχεία ptōcheia · poverty
πτωχεία, -ας, ἡ (πτωχεύω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ;] beggary, destitution: 2Co.8:2 8:9, Rev.2:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “poverty” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
POV'ERTY, noun
[Latin paupertas. See Poor.]
- Destitution of property; indigence; want of convenient means of subsistence.“The drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty” Proverbs 23:21
- Barrenness of sentiment or ornament; defect; as the poverty of a composition.
- Want; defect of words; as the poverty of language.
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.