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G4434 · πτωχός

ptōchós

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Strong’s definition

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)

KJV gloss list in the source

beggar(-ly), poor

Derivation recorded by Strong

from (to crouch);

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