G3998

πενιχρός

penichrosG:A

poor

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).† (AS)

The KJV translates G3998 in the following manner:

poor (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πενιχρός — penichrós

πενιχρός, πενιχρα, πενιχον (from πένομαι, see πένης), needy, poor: Luk 21:2. (Occasionally in Greek authors from Homer, Odyssey 3, 348 down; for עָנִי in Exo 22:25; for דַּל in Pro 29:7.)

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