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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Poor

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

205exact KJV occurrences 170Old Testament 35New Testament 32books containing the word 18mapped Strong's IDs 199occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

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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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where poor appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 11 verses Exodus 55 verses Leviticus 88 verses Deuteronomy 97 verses Judges 11 verses Ruth 11 verses 1 Samuel 33 verses 2 Samuel 33 verses 2 Kings 11 verses Esther 11 verses Job 1616 verses Psalms 3735 verses Proverbs 3835 verses Ecclesiastes 76 verses Isaiah 1414 verses Jeremiah 88 verses Ezekiel 44 verses Daniel 11 verses Amos 77 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 11 verses Zechariah 33 verses Matthew 55 verses Mark 55 verses Luke 99 verses John 44 verses Romans 11 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses 2 Corinthians 33 verses Galatians 11 verses James 44 verses Revelation 22 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

GreekG4434
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

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HebrewH1803
דַּלָּה

dallâh · dal-law'

5 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

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

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HebrewH2489
חֵלְכָא

chêlᵉkâʼ · khay-lek-aw'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a

a wretch, i.e. unfortunate

Strong's KJV usage: poor.

Strong's first: Psalms 10:8Strong's last: Psalms 10:14

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HebrewH3423
יָרַשׁ

yârash · yaw-rash'

2 times translated as this KJV form232 total Strong's occurrences

v

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

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GreekG3998
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

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GreekG4433
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

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HebrewH6035
עָנָו

ʻânâv · aw-nawv'

1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)

Strong's KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Proverbs 14:21Strong's last: Proverbs 14:21

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HebrewH7218
רֹאשׁ

rôʼsh · roshe

1 times translated as this KJV form598 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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205 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Genesis 41:19
H1803

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:

Exodus 22:25
H6041

If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.

Exodus 23:3
H1800

Neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.

Exodus 23:6
H34

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Exodus 23:11
H34

But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.

Exodus 30:15
H1800

The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Leviticus 14:21
H1800

And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;

Leviticus 19:10
H6041

And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:15
H1800

Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

Leviticus 23:22
H6041

And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 25:25
H4134

If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.

Leviticus 25:35
H4134

And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.

Leviticus 25:39
H4134

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Leviticus 25:47
H4134

And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:

Deuteronomy 15:4
H34

Save when there shall be no poor among you; for the LORD shall greatly bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it:

Deuteronomy 15:7
no direct Strong's tag

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:7
H34

If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother:

Deuteronomy 15:9
H34

Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee.

Deuteronomy 15:11
H34

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 15:11
H6041

For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

Deuteronomy 24:14
H6041

Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates:

Deuteronomy 24:15
H6041

At his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it: lest he cry against thee unto the LORD, and it be sin unto thee.

Judges 6:15
H1800

And he said unto him, Oh my Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel? behold, my family is poor in Manasseh, and I am the least in my father's house.

Ruth 3:10
H1800

And he said, Blessed be thou of the LORD, my daughter: for thou hast shewed more kindness in the latter end than at the beginning, inasmuch as thou followedst not young men, whether poor or rich.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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