Quick Definition
I am in poverty
Strong's Definition
to be a beggar, i.e. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively)
Derivation: from G4434 (πτωχός);
KJV Usage: become poor
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτωχεύω: 1 aorist ἐπτώχευσα; (πτωχός, which see); properly, to be a beggar, to beg; so in classical Greek from Homer down; in the N. T. once, to be poor: 2Co_8:9, on which see πλούσιος, b. at the end (Tob_4:21; the Sept. for γΘΜμΗμ to be weak, afflicted, Jdg_6:6; Psa_78:8 (; for πεψΗωΡ to be reduced to want, Pro_23:21; ψεΜωΡ to be needy, Psa_33:11 ().
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτωχεύω ptōcheuō 1x
to be a beggar; to be or become poor, be in poverty, 2Co_8:9
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτωχεύω
( < πτωχός ),
[in LXX : Jdg_6:6 , Psa_79:8 ( H1809 ); Jdg_14:15 A, Pro_23:21 ( H3423 ); Psa_34:10 ( H7326 ), Tob_4:21 * ;]
1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl .).
2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opp . to πλούσιος ὤν , 2Co_8:9 .†
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
πτωχεύω πτωχεύω, "to be a beggar, go begging, beg", Od. , Ar. , etc. trans. "to get by begging", δαῖτα Od. c. acc. pers. "to beg or ask an alms of", Theogn.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πτωχεύω
(πτωχός), [in LXX: Jdg.6:6, Psa.79:8 (דָּלַל); Jdg.14:15 A, Pro.23:21 (יָרַשׁ); Psa.34:10 (רוּשׁ), Tob.4:21 * ;]
__1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl.).
__2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opposite to πλούσιος ὤν, 2Co.8:9.†
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