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πτωχός

MainId: 004336000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: π

StrongCodes: G4434

BaseForms:

BaseFormID: 004336001000000
PartsOfSpeech: adjc.
Inflections:
1. Lemma: πτωχός
  BaseFormIndex: 1
  Realizations: -ή, -όν
RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'πτωχεύω', 'Meanings': []}
LEXMeanings:
1. LEXID: 004336001001000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M
  LEXEntryCode: 57.53
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Possess, Transfer, Exchange
  LEXSubDomains: Be Poor, Be Needy, Poverty
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:54:52
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to being poor and destitute, implying a continuous state
    Glosses: ['poor', 'destitute']
    Comments: See comments at {D:57.51}.|Since in all societies there are poor people, there is no difficulty involved in finding a suitable expression to designate such persons, but in some languages idiomatic phrases are used, for example, ‘those who walk in rags’ or ‘those whose ribs are always showing.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 11:5, MAT 19:21, MAT 26:9, MAT 26:11, MARK 10:21, MARK 12:42, MARK 12:43, MARK 14:5, MARK 14:7, LUKE 4:18, LUKE 6:20, LUKE 7:22, LUKE 14:13, LUKE 14:21, LUKE 16:20, LUKE 16:22, LUKE 18:22, LUKE 19:8, LUKE 21:3, YHN 12:5, YHN 12:6, YHN 12:8, YHN 13:29, ROM 15:26, 2COR 6:10, GAL 2:10, YAC 2:2, YAC 2:3, YAC 2:5, YAC 2:6, REV 3:17, REV 13:16
2. LEXID: 004336001002000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 65.16
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Value
  LEXSubDomains: Valuable, Lacking in Value
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:54:52
    DefinitionShort: pertaining to being of inadequate or insufficient value
    Glosses: ['of little or no value', 'relatively worthless']
    Comments: It is possible that πτωχός in {S:04800400900034} refers to the contrast with that which is beneficial or useful, in which case the meaning of πτωχός in this context would be classified in Subdomain D Useful, Useless (Domain 65 Value).
  LEXReferences: GAL 4:9
3. LEXID: 004336001003000
  LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y
  LEXEntryCode: 88.57
  LEXIndent: 0
  LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior
  LEXSubDomains: Humility
  LEXCollocations: πτωχὸς τῷ πνεύματι
  LEXSenses:
  1. LanguageCode: en
    LastEdited: 2022-02-07 13:54:52
    DefinitionShort: (an idiom, literally: poor in spirit) pertaining to one who is humble with regard to his own capacities (in the one NT occurrence, namely, {S:04000500300006}, this humility is in relationship to God)
    Glosses: to be humble
    Comments: A literal translation of πτωχὸς τῷ πνεύματι may lead to serious misunderstanding, since ‘poor in spirit’ is likely to mean either ‘lacking in the Holy Spirit’ or ‘lacking in ambition or drive.’ In order to indicate clearly that this poverty or need is related in some way to spiritual realities, one may translate ‘happy are those who recognize their need of God.’
  LEXReferences: MAT 5:3