Word Summary
ptōcheuō: to be a beggar, be destitute
Original Word: πτωχεύωTransliteration: ptōcheuō
Phonetic Spelling: (pto-khyoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to be a beggar, be destitute
Meaning: to be a beggar, be destitute
Strong's Concordance
become poor.
From ptochos; to be a beggar, i.e. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively) -- become poor.
see GREEK ptochos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4433: πτωχεύωπτωχεύω: 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 (; for נורַשׁ to be reduced to want, Proverbs 23:21; רוּשׁ to be needy, Psalm 33:11 ().