ΠΕΝΗΣΙ, πενησι
PENĒSI, penēsi
Sounds Like: PEH-nay-see
Translations: to the poor, for the poor, to the needy, for the needy
From the root: ΠΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word refers to those who are poor, needy, or destitute. It is used to describe individuals or groups lacking material possessions or resources. In this form, it is a dative plural, indicating the recipients of an action or the beneficiaries of something, often translated with 'to' or 'for'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3993 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:249
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 8:231
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 2 — 1:8
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΝΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — poorer, more poor, a poorer person, a more poor person
- ΠΕΝΗΘ — poor, needy, a poor person, a needy person
- ΠΕΝΗΘΕΙΣ — poor, needy, impoverished, a poor person, a needy person
- ΠΕΝΗΣ — poor, a poor man, needy, a needy person
- ΠΕΝΗΣΙΝ — to the poor, to the needy, to the destitute
- ΠΕΝΗΤΑ — poor person, a poor person, the poor
- ΠΕΝΗΤΑΙ — is poor, becomes poor, is in need
- ΠΕΝΗΤΑΣ — poor person, a poor person, beggar, a beggar, (of) a poor person, (to) a poor person, poor people, (of) poor people, (to) poor people
- ΠΕΝΗΤΕΣ — poor people, the poor, beggars
- ΠΕΝΗΤΙ — (to) a poor person, (to) a poor man, (to) a beggar
- ΠΕΝΗΤΟΣ — of a poor person, of the poor, of the needy
- ΠΕΝΗΤΩ — of the poor, of the needy, of the destitute
- ΠΕΝΗΤΩΝ — of the poor, of poor people
- ΠΙΝΗΣ — poor man, a poor man, pauper, a pauper
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