ΠΕΝΗΤΑ, πενητα
PENĒTA, penēta
Sounds Like: PEH-nee-tah
Translations: poor person, a poor person, the poor
From the root: ΠΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a poor person, someone who lacks sufficient means or resources. It can be used to describe an individual in a state of poverty or a member of the poor class. It is often used in contexts discussing social justice or the treatment of the less fortunate.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3993 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 9:29, 10:4, 34:10, 36:14, 40:2, 71:12, 81:3, 81:4, 108:16, 112:7
- Proverbs — 14:31, 22:16, 22:22, 31:9
- Ecclesiastes — 9:15
- Wisdom — 2:10
- Sirach — 11:21, 13:18
- Zechariah — 7:10
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 19:314
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 23:3
- 1 Samuel — 2:8
- Psalms — 9:29, 10:4, 34:10, 36:14, 40:2, 71:12, 81:3, 81:4, 108:16, 112:7
- Odes — 3:8
- Proverbs — 14:31, 22:16, 22:22, 24:77
- Ecclesiastes — 9:15
- Wisdom — 2:10
- Sirach — 11:21, 13:18
- Ezekiel — 18:12, 22:29
- Amos — 2:6, 8:4
- Zechariah — 7:10
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
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
- ΠΕΝΗΣΙ — to the poor, for the poor, to the needy, for the needy
- ΠΕΝΗΣΙΝ — to the poor, to the needy, to the destitute
- 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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