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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.

1 Samuel 2:7
H3423

The LORD maketh poor, and maketh rich: he bringeth low, and lifteth up.

1 Samuel 2:8
H1800

He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD's, and he hath set the world upon them.

1 Samuel 18:23
H7326

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be a king's son in law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

2 Samuel 12:1
H7326

And the LORD sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor.

2 Samuel 12:3
H7326

But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter.

2 Samuel 12:4
H7326

And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.

2 Kings 25:12
H1803

But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

Esther 9:22
H34

As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

Job 5:15
H34

But he saveth the poor from the sword, from their mouth, and from the hand of the mighty.

Job 5:16
H1800

So the poor hath hope, and iniquity stoppeth her mouth.

Job 20:10
H1800

His children shall seek to please the poor, and his hands shall restore their goods.

Job 20:19
H1800

Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

Job 24:4
H6041

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 24:9
H6041

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

Job 24:14
H6041

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Job 29:12
H6041

Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.

Job 29:16
H34

I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out.

Job 30:25
H34

Did not I weep for him that was in trouble? was not my soul grieved for the poor?

Job 31:16
H1800

If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;

Job 31:19
H34

If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

Job 34:19
H1800

How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? for they all are the work of his hands.

Job 34:28
H1800

So that they cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted.

Job 36:6
H6041

He preserveth not the life of the wicked: but giveth right to the poor.

Job 36:15
H6041

He delivereth the poor in his affliction, and openeth their ears in oppression.

Psalms 9:18
H6041

For the needy shall not alway be forgotten: the expectation of the poor shall not perish for ever.

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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