STRONGS G4432:
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,
2 Corinthians 8:9; opposed to
πλούσιος,
Revelation 2:9;
ἡ κατά βάθους πτωχεία (opposed to
πλοῦτος),
deep, i. e. extreme poverty (see
κατά, I. 1 b.),
2 Corinthians 8:2. (The
Sept. chiefly for
ענִי, affliction, misery.)
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