Quick Definition
poor, needy
Strong's Definition
necessitous
Derivation: prolongation from the base of G3993 (πένης);
KJV Usage: poor
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός, πενιχρα, πενιχον (from πένομαι, see πένης), needy, poor: Luk_21:2. (Occasionally in Greek authors from Homer, Odyssey 3, 348 down; for ςΘπΔι in Exo_22:25; for γΗΜμ in Pro_29:7.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πενιχρός penichros 1x
poor, needy, Luk_21:2
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός , -ά , -όν
( < πένομαι , see πένης ),
[in LXX : Exo_22:25 ( H6041 ), Pro_28:15 ; Pro_29:7 ( H1800 ) * ;]
chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης ,
needy, poor: Luk_21:2 (for ex . in Papyri, v. MM , xix).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πενιχρός (~ πεντιχρός ) [page 503]
poor ( Luk_21:2 ), may be chronicled as occurring in BGU IV. 1024 viii. 12 (end of iv/A.D.) : the old woman is described by the judge as πενιχρὰ καὶ πρεσβύτης , and further as one ἥτις διὰ τὴν συνέχουσαν αὐτὴν πενίαν τὴν ἑαυτῆς [θυγ ]ατέρα [[ν ]] τῆς σωφροσύνης ἀπεστέρη [σεν . In a petition addressed to the epimeletes, P Petr III. 36 ( a ) .6 (Ptol.), a prisoner writes μεγάλη ἡ̣ ἀνάγκη ἐστιν καὶ τὸ πενιχρὸν εἶναι καὶ ὁρᾶν [τ ]ὸν θάνατον ὑποκείμενον [ἐν ] τῆι φυλακῆι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός πενιχρός, ή, όν [Etym: like πένης] "poor, needy", Od. , Theogn.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός, -ά, -όν
(πένομαι, see: πένης) [in LXX: Exo.22:25 (עָנִי), Pro.28:15 29:7 (דַּל) * ;]
chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης,
needy, poor: Luk.21:2 (for ex. in π., see MM, xix).†
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