Quick Definition
beggary, poverty
Strong's Definition
beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively)
Derivation: from G4433 (πτωχεύω);
KJV Usage: poverty
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία, πτωχείας, ἡ (πτωχεύω);
1. beggary (Herodotus 3, 14; Aristophanes, Plutarch, 549; Plato, legg. 11, p. 936{b} ; Lysias p. 898, 9; Aristotle, poet. c. 23 p. 1459^b, 6).
2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opposed to πλουτεῖν, 2Co_8:9; opposed to πλούσιος, Rev_2:9; ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to πλοῦτος), deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see κατά, I. 1 b.), 2Co_8:2. (The Sept. chiefly for ςπΔι, affliction, misery.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτωχεία ptōcheia 3x
begging; beggary; poverty, 2Co_8:2 ; 2Co_8:9 ; Rev_2:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία , -ας , ἡ
( < πτωχεύω ),
[in LXX chiefly for H6040 ;]
beggary, destitution: 2Co_8:2 ; 2Co_8:9 , Rev_2:9 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτωχεία [page 558]
literally beggary, is not found in any Saying of our Lord recorded in the Gospels, but occurs in the fourth of the Oxyrhynchus Sayings, P Oxy I. 1 recto .1 : cf. White Sayings , p. 34 f. In P Gen I. 14 .23 (Byz.), a Christian begging-letter full of Biblical citations, we have συγχώρησόν μοι τῷ ἐν πτωχεία . The word denotes poor-relief in Justinian s Code, 1. 3. 41. 23.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία πτωχεία, ionic -ηίη, ἡ, "beggary, mendacity", Hdt. , Ar.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία, -ας, ἡ
(πτωχεύω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי ;]
beggary, destitution: 2Co.8:2 8:9, Rev.2:9.†
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