What does πτωχός · πνεῦμα mean in the Bible?
πτωχός · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "spiritually poor, dependent, bankrupt before God".
Greek · G4434, G4151
πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι
Poor · spirit/breath: spirit
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πτωχός G4434 poor
Pronunciation ptōchós
Etymologically rooted in "crouch/cower," emphasizing degradation and powerlessness, not mere lack.
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πνεῦμα G4151 spirit/breath: spirit
Pronunciation pneûma
Spirit as the immaterial dimension of human existence, or God's transformative power, distinct from soul and body.
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What does πτωχοὶ τῷ πνεύματι (ptōchoi tō pneumati) mean in the Bible?
πτωχός · πνεῦμα is a Greek phrase meaning "spiritually poor, dependent, bankrupt before God".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G4434, G4151?
G4434, G4151 is connected to 34 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. spiritually poor, dependent, bankrupt before God
Source Gloss
spiritually poor, dependent, bankrupt before God
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 9 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 9 Aligned forms 34 Case pattern Accusative (11) Number pattern Plural (25)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 5:3 · Matt 11:5 · Luke 6:20 · Luke 7:22 · 2 Cor 6:10 5×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Mark 12:42 · Mark 12:43 · Luke 21:3 3×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:20 · Jas 2:2 · Rev 3:17 3×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine John 12:6 · Gal 2:10 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 19:21 · Matt 26:9 · Mark 10:21 · Mark 14:5 · Luke 4:18 · Luke 18:22 · Luke 19:8 · John 12:5 · John 13:29 9×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Jas 2:3 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 26:11 · Mark 14:7 · Luke 14:13 · Luke 14:21 · John 12:8 · Rom 15:26 · Jas 2:5 · Rev 13:16 8×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Luke 16:22 · Jas 2:6 2×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Gal 4:9 1×
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