Quick Definition
πενιχρός, ά, όν Adj poor, needy
Strong's Definition
prolongation from the base of 3993; necessitous
KJV Usage: poor
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ά, -όν | πένης
57.49 · Possess, Transfer, Exchange · Be Poor, Be Needy, Poverty
poor, needy pertaining to the lack of the essential means of livelihood
1 The term πενιχρός appears to be more or less equivalent in meaning to πτωχός[a] (57.53) except for the fact that it is more likely to occur in poetic, literary contexts.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός, -ά, -dv, (fr. πένομαι, see πένης), needy, poor: Lk. xxi. 2. (Occasionally in Grk. auth. fr. Hom. Od. 3, 348 down; for >) in Ex. xxii. 25; for 51 in Prov. xxix. tie) ) eins Pie adv., five times: 2 Co. xi. 24. Aeschyl., down.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πενιχρός penichros 1x
poor, needy, Lk. 21:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πενιχρός, -ά, -όν
(< πένομαι, v.s. πένης), [in LXX: Ex 22:25 (עָנִי), Pr 28:15 29:7 (דַּל)*;] chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης, needy, poor: Lk 21:2 (for ex. in π., v. MM, xix).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πενιχρός (penichros) — poor. πενιχρ-ός, ά, όν, poor, needy, [Refs 8th c.BC+]—poetical word, found in Comedy texts, as [Refs 6th c.BC+], and in later Prose, as [LXX+5th c.BC+]: comparative πενιχρότερος [Refs 1st c.AD+], superlative -ότατος[Refs 2nd c.BC+]. adverb -χρῶς[Refs 4th c.BC+].by nature, [Refs 8th c.BC+]