King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3998
Transliteration: penichros
Phonetic Spelling: (pen-tikh-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: needy, poor
Meaning: needy, poor
πενιχρός, πενιχρα, πενιχον (from πένομαι, see πένης), needy, poor: Luke 21:2. (Occasionally in Greek authors from Homer, Odyssey 3, 348 down; for עָנִי in Exodus 22:25; for דַּל in Proverbs 29:7.)
Word Summary
penichros: needy, poor
Original Word: πενιχρόςTransliteration: penichros
Phonetic Spelling: (pen-tikh-ros')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: needy, poor
Meaning: needy, poor
Strong's Concordance
poor. Prolongation from the base of penes; necessitous -- poor.
see GREEK penes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3998: πενιχρόςπενιχρός, πενιχρα, πενιχον (from πένομαι, see πένης), needy, poor: Luke 21:2. (Occasionally in Greek authors from Homer, Odyssey 3, 348 down; for עָנִי in Exodus 22:25; for דַּל in Proverbs 29:7.)