Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
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Poor
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Revelation 13:16
And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:
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11 verses
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55 verses
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88 verses
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97 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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33 verses
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33 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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1616 verses
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3735 verses
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88 verses
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11 verses
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77 verses
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11 verses
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11 verses
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99 verses
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44 verses
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11 verses
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44 verses
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22 verses
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עָנִי
ʻânîy · aw-nee'
58 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences
depressed, in mind or circumstances
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, humble, lowly, needy, poor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 22:25Strong's last: Zechariah 11:11
Open full H6041 profile →דַּל
dal · dal
43 times translated as this KJV form48 total Strong's occurrences
properly, dangling, i.e. (by implication) weak or thin
Strong's KJV usage: lean, needy, poor (man), weaker.
Strong's first: Exodus 23:3Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:12
Open full H1800 profile →πτωχός
ptōchós · pto-khos'
30 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
akin to G4422 and the alternate of G4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas G3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
Strong's KJV usage: :--beggar(-ly), poor.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 5:3Strong's last: Revelation 13:16
Open full G4434 profile →אֶבְיוֹן
ʼebyôwn · eb-yone'
24 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
destitute
Strong's KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).
Strong's first: Exodus 23:6Strong's last: Amos 5:12
Open full H34 profile →רוּשׁ
rûwsh · roosh
20 times translated as this KJV form23 total Strong's occurrences
to be destitute
Strong's KJV usage: lack, needy, (make self) poor (man).
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 18:23Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 5:8
Open full H7326 profile →דַּלָּה
dallâh · dal-law'
5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
properly, something dangling, i.e. a loose thread or hair; figuratively, indigent
Strong's KJV usage: hair, pining sickness, poor(-est sort).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 41:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 52:16
Open full H1803 profile →מוּךְ
mûwk · mook
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished
Strong's KJV usage: be (waxen) poor(-er).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 25:25Strong's last: Leviticus 25:47
Open full H4134 profile →מִסְכֵּן
miçkên · mis-kane'
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
indigent
Strong's KJV usage: poor (man).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 4:13Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 9:15
Open full H4542 profile →חֵלְכָא
chêlᵉkâʼ · khay-lek-aw'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a wretch, i.e. unfortunate
Strong's KJV usage: poor.
Strong's first: Psalms 10:8Strong's last: Psalms 10:14
Open full H2489 profile →יָרַשׁ
yârash · yaw-rash'
2 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences
to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish, to ruin
Strong's KJV usage: cast out, consume, destroy, disinherit, dispossess, drive(-ing) out, enjoy, expel, × without fail, (give to, leave for) inherit(-ance, -or) magistrate, be (make) poor, come to poverty, (give to, make to) possess, get (have) in (take) possession, seize upon, succeed, × utterly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 2:7Strong's last: Proverbs 30:9
Open full H3423 profile →πένης
pénēs · pen'-ace
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
starving, i.e. indigent
Strong's KJV usage: :--poor.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 9:9Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 9:9
Open full G3993 profile →πενιχρός
penichrós · pen-tikh-ros'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
necessitous
Strong's KJV usage: :--poor.
Strong's first: Luke 21:2Strong's last: Luke 21:2
Open full G3998 profile →πτωχεύω
ptōcheúō · pto-khyoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to be a beggar, i.e. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively)
Strong's KJV usage: :--become poor.
Strong's first: 2 Corinthians 8:9Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 8:9
Open full G4433 profile →חֵיל
chêyl · khale
1 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
an army; also (by analogy,) an intrenchment
Strong's KJV usage: army, bulwark, host, poor, rampart, trench, wall.
Strong's first: Psalms 10:10Strong's last: Psalms 10:10
Open full H2426 profile →מַחְסוֹר
machçôwr · makh-sore'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
deficiency; hence, impoverishment
Strong's KJV usage: lack, need, penury, poor, poverty, want.
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:17Strong's last: Proverbs 21:17
Open full H4270 profile →עֲנָה
ʻănâh · an-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: poor.
Strong's first: Daniel 4:27Strong's last: Daniel 4:27
Open full H6033 profile →עָנָו
ʻânâv · aw-nawv'
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
Strong's KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.
Strong's first: Proverbs 14:21Strong's last: Proverbs 14:21
Open full H6035 profile →רֹאשׁ
rôʼsh · roshe
1 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
Strong's KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, × every (man), excellent, first, forefront, (be-)head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), × lead, × poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 13:23Strong's last: Proverbs 13:23
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H6041
The LORD will enter into judgment with the ancients of his people, and the princes thereof: for ye have eaten up the vineyard; the spoil of the poor is in your houses.
H6041
What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
H6041
To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!
H6041
Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.
H1800
But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
H1800
And the firstborn of the poor shall feed, and the needy shall lie down in safety: and I will kill thy root with famine, and he shall slay thy remnant.
H6041
What shall one then answer the messengers of the nation? That the LORD hath founded Zion, and the poor of his people shall trust in it.
H1800
For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
H6041
The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.
H34
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
H6041
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
H6041
When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
H6041
Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
H6041
For all those things hath mine hand made, and all those things have been, saith the LORD: but to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
English meaning and historical usage.
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poor
POOR, adjective [Latin pauper.]
1. Wholly destitute of property, or not having property sufficient for a comfortable subsistence; needy. It is often synonymous with indigent, and with necessitous, denoting extreme want; it is also applied to persons who are not entirely destitute of property, but are not rich; as a poor man or woman; poor people
2. In law, so destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
3. Destitute of strength, beauty or dignity; barren; mean; jejune; as a poor composition; a poor essay; a poor discourse.
4. Destitute of value, worth or importance; of little use; trifling.
That I have wronged no man, will be a poor plea or apology at the last day.
5. Paltry; mean; of little value; as a poor coat; a poor house.
6. Destitute of fertility; barren; exhausted; as poor land. The ground is become poor
7. Of little worth; unimportant; as in my poor opinion.
8. Unhappy; pitiable.
Vex'd sailors curse the rain
For which poor shepherds pray'd in vain.
9. Mean; depressed; low; dejected; destitute of spirit.
A soothsayer made Antonius believe that his genius, which was otherwise brave, was, in the presence of Octavianus, poor and cowardly.
10. Lean; emaciated; as a poor horse. The ox is poor
11. Small, or of a bad quality; as a poor crop; a poor harvest.
12. Uncomfortable; restless; ill. The patient has had a poor night.
13. Destitute of saving grace. Revelation 3:17.
14. In general, wanting good qualities, or the qualities which render a thing valuable, excellent, proper, or sufficient for its purpose; as a poor pen; a poor ship; a poor carriage; poor fruit; poor bread; poor wine, etc.
15. A word of tenderness or pity; dear.
POOR, little, pretty, fluttering thing.
16. A word of slight contempt; wretched.
The poor monk never saw many of the decrees and councils he had occasion to use.
17. The poor collectively, used as a noun; those who are destitute of property; the indigent; the needy; in a legal sense, those who depend on charity or maintenance by the public.
I have observed the more public provisions are made for the poor the less they provide for themselves.
POOR in spirit, in a Scriptural sense, humble; contrite; abased in one's own sight by a sense of guilt. Matthew 5:3.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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