Word study · Greek
ptōchos
poor, destitute
Say it: pto-KHOS (approximate)
πτωχός
What it means
Not just poor but reduced to begging, with nothing to fall back on. The word appears more in Luke than any other Gospel: good news to the poor (4:18), "Blessed are you who are poor" (6:20), the guests of the banquet (14:13, 14:21), Lazarus (16:20, 16:22), and the widow's offering (21:3).
Range of meaning
- BeggarOne who depends on gifts.
- DestituteOne with nothing.
In Luke
- Chapter 14
"Ask the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind" (14:13, 14:21).
- Chapter 16
Lazarus, the beggar (16:20, 16:22).
Every verse (10)
Verses where G4434 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources