Ptōcheía — G4432

Definition

feminine noun

beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively)

1. beggary
2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance

Usually translated as

poverty

Origin

from G4433

• ptōcheúō (G4433)

Occurrences

Ptōcheía occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Corinthians (2), Revelation (1)

• 2 Corinthians 8:2 — How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty (πτωχεία) abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
• 2 Corinthians 8:9 — For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty (πτωχεία) might be rich.
• Revelation 2:9 — I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty (πτωχείαν), (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan.