Lexicon :: Strong's G3993 - penēs

πένης
Transliteration
penēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pen'-ace
Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
71x in 8 unique form(s)
πένησιν — 1x
πένησιν — 1x
πένης — 13x
πένησιν — 1x
πένητα — 22x
πένητας — 4x
πένητες — 1x
πένητι — 5x
πένητος — 12x
πενήτων — 13x
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 6:37,824

Trench's Synonyms: xxxvi. πένης, πτωχός.

Strong’s Definitions

πένης pénēs, pen'-ace; from a primary πένω pénō (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, i.e. indigent:—poor. Compare G4434.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3993 in the following manner: poor (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3993 in the following manner: poor (1x).

  1. poor

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Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πένης pénēs, pen'-ace; from a primary πένω pénō (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, i.e. indigent:—poor. Compare G4434.
STRONGS G3993:
πένης, πένητος, ὁ (πένομαι to work for one's living; the Latinpenuria and Greek πεινάω are akin to it (cf. Vanicek, p. 1164); hence, πένης equivalent to ἐκ πόνου καί ἐνεργείας τό ζῆν ἔχων, Etym. Magn.), poor: 2 Corinthians 9:9. (From Sophocles and Herodotus down; the Sept. for אֶבְיון, עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, etc.)
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