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ΠΕΝΗΣ, πενης
PENĒS, penēs
Sounds Like: PEH-nays
Translations: poor, a poor man, needy, a needy person
From the root: ΠΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is poor, needy, or in want. It can be used as an adjective to describe a person or as a noun to refer to a poor person. It emphasizes a state of being in need, often due to lack of resources or wealth.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G3993 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Psalms — 39:18, 48:3, 69:6, 73:21, 85:1, 108:22
- Proverbs — 23:4, 28:11
- Ecclesiastes — 4:13, 4:14, 6:8
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:1
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Deuteronomy — 24:15
- 2 Samuel — 12:1
- Psalms — 39:18, 48:3, 69:6, 73:21, 85:1, 108:22
- Proverbs — 23:4, 28:11
- Ecclesiastes — 4:13, 4:14, 6:8
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
- ΠΕΝΗΣΙ — to the poor, for the poor, to the needy, for the needy
- 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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