STRONGS G4433:
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:
2 Corinthians 8:9, on which see
πλούσιος, b. at the end (Tobit 4:21; the
Sept. for
דָּלַל to be weak, afflicted,
Judges 6:6;
Psalm 78:8 (
Ps. 79:8; for
נורַשׁ to be reduced to want,
Proverbs 23:21;
רוּשׁ to be needy,
Psalm 33:11 (
Ps. 34:11).
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