Greek · Strong's G3993 · Noun (masculine)

πένης

penēs

poor

1times used
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How it's translated

Definition

πένης, -ητος, ὁ

(πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc. ;]

one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.†

SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)

Its meaning group

Possess, Transfer, Exchange › Be Poor, Be Needy, Poverty

Between Hebrew and Greek

In the Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), this word translates these Hebrew words, which helps show what New Testament writers heard in it:

Where it appears

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Every verse

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