πτωχός

πτωχός, -ή, -όν

(πτώσσω, to crouch, cower), [in LXX for עָנִי, דַּל, רָשׁ, etc. ;]

of one who crouches and cowers, hence,

1. as subst., a beggar: Luk 14,13, 21; 16,20, 22.

2. As adj.,

(a) prop., beggarly: metaphorically, στοιχεῖα, Gal 4,9 (see Lft., in l);

(b) in broader sense (opposite to πλούσιος), poor: Matt 11,5; 19,21; 26,9, 11, Mark 10,21; 12,42-43; 14,5, 7, Luk 4,18; 7,22; 18,22; 19,8; 21,3, Joh 12,5-6, 8; 13,29, Rom 15,26, 2 Kor 6,10, Gal 2,10, Jak 2,2-3, 6, Åb 13,16; π. τ. κόσμῳ, Jak 2,5 metaphorically, Luk 6,20, Åb 3,17; π. τ. πνεύματι, Matt 5,3,†

SYN.: πένης, q.v