Quick Definition
πτωχεία, ας, ἡ n.f. beggary, poverty
Strong's Definition
from 4433; beggary, i.e. indigence (literally or figuratively)
KJV Usage: poverty
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία, -as, ἡ, (πτωχεύω) ; 1. beggary (Hat. 8, 14; Arstph. Plut. 549; Plat. lege. 11 p. 936 b.; Lysias p- 898, 9; Aristot. poet. c. 23 p. 1459", 6). 2. in the N. T. poverty, the condition of one destitute of riches and abundance: opp. to πλουτεῖν, 2 Co. viii. 9; opp. to πλούσιος, Rev. ii. 9; ἡ κατὰ βάθους πτωχεία (opp. to πλοῦtos), deep i. 6. extceme poverly [see κατά, I. 1 b.], 2 Co. viii. 2. (Sept. chiefly for »3}, affliction, misery.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πτωχεία ptōcheia 3x
begging; beggary; poverty, 2 Cor. 8:2, 9; Rev. 2:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
πτωχεία, -ας, ἡ
(< πτωχεύω), [in LXX chiefly for עֳנִי;]
beggary, destitution: II Co 8:2, 9, Re 2:9.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πτωχεία, literally ‘‘beggary,” is not found in any Saying of our Lord recorded in the Gospels, but occurs in the fourth of the Oxyrhynchus Sayings, P Oxy I. 1 vecfol: cf. White Sayings, p- 34f. In P Gen I. 14% (Byz.), a Christian begging-letter full of Biblical citations, we have συγχώρησόν μοι τῷ ἐν πτωχεία. The word denotes ‘‘ poor-relief” in Justinian’s Code, 1. 3. 41. 23. TTWXO Ss
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πτωχεία (ptōcheia) — poverty. πτωχ-εία, Ionic dialect πτωχ-ηΐη, ἡ, beggary, mendicity, ἐς πτωχηΐην ἀπῖκται [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. poor relief, [Refs 4th c.AD+], τό, poorhouse, [Refs 6th c.AD+]; written πτωχῖον, [Refs]; Latin ptochium, [Refs 4th c.AD+]