What does πενιχρός (penichrós) mean in the Bible?
πενιχρός (penichrós): Poor or needy, emphasizing destitute condition rather than mere lack of wealth.
Greek · G3998
πενιχρός
Necessitous
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πενιχρός G3998
Pronunciation penichrós
What does πενιχρός (penichrós) mean in the Bible?
πενιχρός (penichrós): Poor or needy, emphasizing destitute condition rather than mere lack of wealth.
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How does the BSB render G3998?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include poor (1).
Where does πενιχρός (penichrós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 21:2. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It poor 1× Luke 21:2
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Usage map
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First aligned row Luke 21:2
Aligned rows 1
Books represented 1
Luke 1
Source forms
πενιχρὰν 1x penichran Luke 21:2
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x Luke 21:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Poor or needy, emphasizing destitute condition rather than mere lack of wealth.
Strong's G3998
Lexical occurrences 1 verse Greek text appearances 1 time Word forms 1 form 1 reference Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Proverbs 21:17 Source Gloss
necessitous
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Poor or needy, emphasizing destitute condition rather than mere lack of wealth.
(πένομαι, see: πένης) [in LXX: Exo.22:25 (עָנִי), Pro.28:15 29:7 (דַּל) * ;] chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης, needy, poor: Luk.21:2 (for ex. in π., see MM, xix).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 21:2 Adjective Accusative Singular Feminine
πενιχρὰν penicran
poor, needy
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Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 1 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 21:2 1×
Sampled Scripture Occurrences
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Biblical Witnesses
One who loves pleasure will become poor, contrasting wealth with poverty
Diligent planning leads to abundance while hastiness leads to poverty and need
Laziness and slumber result in poverty coming upon one as a necessitous condition
Word Origins
πενιχρός is built from this root:
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain