ptōchos · poor

What it means

ptōchos (πτωχός) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “poor”.

Having nothing and depending on others. "Poor in spirit": someone who knows he is needy before God.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Someone who has nothing to live on.
2. Someone who knows they need God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×5
• Mark×5
• Luke×10
• John×4
• Romans×1
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×2
• James×4
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 5:3

  “Happy are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

• Matthew 11:5

  the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

• Matthew 19:21

  Jesus said to him, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give them to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

• Matthew 26:9

  For this could have been sold for much and given to the poor.”

• Matthew 26:11

  For you always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me.

• Mark 10:21

  And Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said to him, “You lack one thing: go, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

• Mark 12:42

  And one poor widow came and put in two lepta, which is a quadrans.

• Mark 12:43

  And summoning his disciples, he said to them, “Truly I tell you that this poor widow has put in more than all those who are putting into the treasury.

• Mark 14:5

  For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and the money given to the poor.” And they were scolding her.

• Mark 14:7

  For you always have the poor with you, and whenever you want you can do them good; but me you do not always have.

• Luke 4:18

  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the oppressed in freedom,

• Luke 6:20

  And he, lifting up his eyes to his disciples, was saying, “Happy are the poor, because yours is the kingdom of God.

• Luke 7:22

  And he answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

• Luke 14:13

  But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;

• Luke 14:21

  And the slave came and reported these things to his master. Then the master of the house, angry, said to his slave, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in here the poor and crippled and blind and lame.’

• Luke 16:20

  And a certain poor man named Lazarus had been laid at his gate, covered with sores,

• Luke 16:22

  And it happened that the poor man died and he was carried away by the angels to Abraham’s bosom; and the rich man also died and was buried.

• Luke 18:22

  And hearing this, Jesus said to him, “One thing is still lacking for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.”

• Luke 19:8

  But Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Look, half of my possessions, Lord, I give to the poor; and if I have extorted anything from anyone by false accusation, I pay back four times as much.”

• Luke 21:3

  And he said, “I tell you truly that this poor widow put in more than all of them;

• John 12:5

  “Why was this perfume not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?”

• John 12:6

  He said this, not because he cared about the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, he used to take what was put into it.

• John 12:8

  For the poor you always have with you, but me you do not always have.”

• John 13:29

  For some thought that, since Judas had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he should give something to the poor.

• Romans 15:26

  For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a certain collection for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

• 2 Corinthians 6:10

  as grieving yet always rejoicing; as poor yet making many rich; as having nothing and yet possessing everything.

• Galatians 2:10

  Only they asked that we remember the poor, which very thing I also was eager to do.

• Galatians 4:9

  But now, having come to know God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and poor elements, to which you want to be slaves all over again?

• James 2:2

  For if a man with gold rings in splendid clothing comes into your meeting, and a poor man in filthy clothing also comes in,

• James 2:3

  and you pay attention to the one wearing the splendid clothing and say, You, sit here in a good place, and to the poor man you say, You, stand, or sit there under my footstool,

• James 2:5

  Listen, my beloved brothers: has not God chosen the poor in the eyes of the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

• James 2:6

  But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do they themselves not drag you into the courts?

• Revelation 3:17

  For you say, “I am rich, and I have become wealthy, and I have need of nothing,” and you do not know that you are the wretched one and pitiable and poor and blind and naked.

• Revelation 13:16

  And it causes all, the small and the great, and the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, to be given a mark on their right hand or on their forehead,