2001 Translation

PENIAS, penias

Sounds Like: peh-NEE-as

Translations: of poverty, of want, of need, a poverty, a want, a need

From the root: ΠΕΝΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a state of destitution or extreme lack, particularly in terms of material possessions or resources. It describes the condition of being poor or in need. It is used to indicate the source or cause of something, or to show possession, often translated with 'of'.

Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3993 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:289

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 28:19, 31:7
• Job — 36:8

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 6 — 7:149
• Book 7 — 4:84
• Book 17 — 11:307

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 1:1, 6:7, 8:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Psalms of Solomon — 16:14
• Proverbs — 24:75, 28:19
• Job — 36:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΕΝΙΑ.

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.

• ΠΕΝΙΑ — poverty, a poverty, need, want
• ΠΕΝΙΑΝ — poverty, want, need, a poverty, a want, a need

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