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ptochos (G4434)
Strong’s Greek Dictionary (1890)
FROM STRONG’S GREEK DICTIONARY (1890)
Strong’s Greek Dictionary (1890) — public domain, printed whole.
ptochos πτωχός — pto-khos' — from ptosso (to crouch); akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed):--beggar(-ly), poor.