Quick Definition
ἐνδεής, ές Adj in need, needy
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 1722 and 1210 (in the sense of lacking); deficient in
KJV Usage: lacking
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ές | δέομαι
57.51 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Be Poor, Be Needy, Poverty
poor, needy pertaining to lacking what is needed or necessary for existence ἐνδεής is similar in meaning to πτωχός[a] (57.53), but the focus seems to be more upon a severe lack of needed resources rather than upon a state of poverty and destitution.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐνδεής, -€s, (fr. ἐνδέω to lack, mid. to be in need of), needy, destitute: Acts iv. 34. (From [Soph.], Hadt. down ; Sept.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐνδεής endeēs 1x
indigent, poor, needy, Acts 4:34*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐνδεής, -ές
(< ἐνδέω, to lack) [in LXX for חָסֵר, אֶבְיוֹן, etc. ;]
in want, needy: Ac 4:34,†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐνδεής. PSI IV. 418" (iii/B.c.) ὅπως μὴ ἐνδεεῖς ὦμεν καὶ ἐλαϊδίου, P Tebt I. 5212 (c. B.c. 114) ἐνδεὴς οὖσα τῶν ἀναγ[καίων, “being in want of the necessaries (of life),’” P Oxy II. 2812° (complaint against a husband—a.p. 20-50) τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐνδεῆ καθιστάς: cf. P Magd 1535 (B.C. 217) ἐνδεεῖς δὲ yevopενοι εἰς τὴν ταφὴν τοῦ Φιλίππου (δραχμὰς) κε ἐδώκαμεν τὰ κατάφρακτα κτλ., “being in want of 25 drachmas for the funeral of Philip we have given his cuirass etc.” For ἔνδεια (as in LXX) cf. P Par 621: (ji/B.c.) τὰς ἐνδείας πραχθ[ήσεσθαι . . ., and for ἐνδέημα P Ryl 11. 21423 (li/A.D.) τὰς ἀπὸ μερισμοῦ ἐνδεήματος τελωνικῶν, “the amount of the assessment of the deficiency of farmed taxes” (Edd.), so #56, P Oxy I. 71-35 (a.p. 303) ἀπὸ λόγον ἐνδεημάτων, ‘on account of the deficit.” The verb is found 7G XII. 7, 409° ὥστε μ]ηδὲν ἐν μηδενὶ τῇ πατρίδι ἐνδεδεηκέϊ ναι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐνδεής (endeēs) — impoverished. ἐνδε-ής, ές, neuter plural ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):— wanting or lacking in, in need of, with genitive, ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν ἐ., opposed to αὐτάρκης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ... πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, [Refs]
2. absolutely, in want, in need, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b lacking, deficient, frequently in comparative, ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Posit., οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, ={ἔνδεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, [Refs]
3. inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (i.e. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. Grammars, defective, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
6. adverb ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opposed to ἱκανῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+] less than, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarely -έστερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]