Quick Definition
be poor
Strong's Definition
to be destitute
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
TWOT Reference: 2138
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
רוּשׁ (rush) — be poor. 1) to be poor, be in want, lack 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be poor 1a2) to be in want or hunger 1a3) poor man (subst) 1b)(Hithpolel) one impoverishing himself (participle)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · רֵישׁ
Non-Possess | verb qal
to suffer want = state in which an animal lacks what is essential for its normal needs
Poor | verb qal ptc.act | ≈ דַּל · יָתֹום · עָנִי | ≠ עָשִׁיר
poor, destitute = state of being needy as a result of one's lack of monetary or physical resources, usually resulting in a lower social status with little authority or power and at the risk of being exploited
1SA 18:23 · 2SA 12:1 · 2SA 12:3 · 2SA 12:4 · PSA 82:3 · PRO 13:8 · PRO 13:23 · PRO 14:20 · PRO 17:5 · PRO 18:23 · PRO 19:1 · PRO 19:7 · PRO 19:22 · PRO 22:2 · PRO 22:7 · PRO 28:3 · PRO 28:6 · PRO 28:27 · PRO 29:13 · ECC 4:14 · ECC 5:7
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[רוּשׁ or רִישׁ] 24 vb. be in want, poor Qal young lions are in want and hunger
Hithpō‛lēl one impoverishing himself
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