Quick Definition
πένης, ητος, ὁ n.m. poor
Strong's Definition
from a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence); starving, i.e. indigent
KJV Usage: poor. Compare 4434
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πένης, τητος, 6, (πένομαι to work for one’s living; the Lat. penuria and Grk. πεινάω are akin to it [cf. Vanicek p- 1164]; hence πένης i. q. ἐκ πόνον καὶ ἐνεργείας τὸ ζῆν ἔχων, Etym. Magn.), poor: 2 Co. ix.9. (From Soph. and Hat. down; Sept. for jax, 3, 95, wy, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πένης penēs 1x
pr. one who labors for his bread; poor, needy, 2 Cor. 9:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πένης, -ητος, ὁ
(< πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc.;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: II Co 9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (v. Tr., Syn., § xxxvi; Abbott, Essays, 78).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πένης, ““poor” (2 Cor 95): P Oxy TIT. 4719° (111Α.Ὁ.) πένης ἄνθρωπος [ἐν] εὐτελέσιν ἱματίοις, ‘‘a poor man wearing cheap clothes” (Edd.), P Ἀν] II. 621 (transl. from Latin— iii/a.D.) δύναμαι χαρίσασθαι καὶ πένητι [πλοῦ]τον, PSI II. 12087 (a collection of sayings—iv/A.D.?) πένης dv πλουσίοις μὴ ὁμίλει, and BGU IV. 1024%8 (end ἵν...) τις γραῦς Kal πένης. See also P Flor III. 2961* (vi/a.D.) π]ένητι καὶ πτωχῷ, which with its context recalls, as the editor points out, Ps 40(41)?.. The words are also contrasted in Aristeas 249: for the subst. πενία cf. 7. 289. See further σοῦ. πτωχός.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πένης (penēs) — poor. πένης, ητος, ὁ, (πένομαι) one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος.., ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. as adjective, π. δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] poor in money,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative πενέστερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πενέστατος [Refs 4th c.BC+]