G3993: πένης
pénēs · “poor”
Definition
starving, i.e. indigent
KJV translates it as: poor
Word origin: from a primary (to toil for daily subsistence);
Extended definition
πένης, -ητος, ὁ
(πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc. ;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)
(πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc. ;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3993 is translated
- poor, ×1
Bible verses with G3993 (pénēs)
Pénēs appears in 1 verse.
- 2 Corinthians 9:9
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.