πτωχός

ptōchós · Greek · Strong's G4434 · 34 occurrences

The KJV renders 10 different Hebrew and Greek words as “poor”

What it means

akin to G4422 (πτοέω) and the alternate of G4098 (πίπτω)); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 (πένης) properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)

from (to crouch);

How the KJV renders it

beggar, poor

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“poor”

also renders pénēs (G3993), penichrós (G3998), dal (H1800), chêlᵉkâʼ (H2489), miçkên (H4542), ʻănâh (H6033), ʻânâv (H6035), ʻânîy (H6041), rûwsh (H7326)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

34 occurrences in the Greek text.

2 Corinthians 6:10 · A-NPM

as sorrowful yet always rejoicing, as poor yet making many rich, as having nothing and yet possessing all things.

Galatians 2:10 · A-GPM

They only asked us to remember the poor—which very thing I was also zealous to do.

Galatians 4:9 · A-APN

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, why do you turn back again to the weak and miserable elemental principles, to which you desire to be in bondage all over again?

James 2:2 · A-NSM

For if a man with a gold ring, in fine clothing, comes into your synagogue, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,

James 2:3 · A-DSM

and you pay special attention to him who wears the fine clothing and say, “Sit here in a good place;” and you tell the poor man, “Stand there,” or “Sit by my footstool”

James 2:5 · A-APM

Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn’t God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the Kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

James 2:6 A-ASMJohn 12:5 A-DPMJohn 12:6 A-GPMJohn 12:8 A-APMJohn 13:29 A-DPMLuke 4:18 A-DPMLuke 6:20 A-NPMLuke 7:22 A-NPMLuke 14:13 A-APMLuke 14:21 A-APMLuke 16:20 A-NSMLuke 16:22 A-ASMLuke 18:22 A-DPMLuke 19:8 A-DPMLuke 21:3 A-NSFMatthew 5:3 A-NPMMatthew 11:5 A-NPMMatthew 19:21 A-DPMMatthew 26:9 A-DPMMatthew 26:11 A-APMMark 10:21 A-DPMMark 12:42 A-NSFMark 12:43 A-NSFMark 14:5 A-DPMMark 14:7 A-APMRevelation 3:17 A-NSMRevelation 13:16 A-APMRomans 15:26 A-APM

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