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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.

Ecclesiastes 4:14
H7326

For out of prison he cometh to reign; whereas also he that is born in his kingdom becometh poor.

Ecclesiastes 5:8
H7326

If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than the highest regardeth; and there be higher than they.

Ecclesiastes 6:8
H6041

For what hath the wise more than the fool? what hath the poor, that knoweth to walk before the living?

Ecclesiastes 9:15
H4542

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:15
H4542

Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

Ecclesiastes 9:16
no direct Strong's tag

Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

Isaiah 3:14
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.

Isaiah 3:15
H6041

What mean ye that ye beat my people to pieces, and grind the faces of the poor? saith the Lord GOD of hosts.

Isaiah 10:2
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!

Isaiah 10:30
H6041

Lift up thy voice, O daughter of Gallim: cause it to be heard unto Laish, O poor Anathoth.

Isaiah 11:4
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.

Isaiah 14:30
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.

Isaiah 14:32
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.

Isaiah 25:4
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.

Isaiah 26:6
H6041

The foot shall tread it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy.

Isaiah 29:19
H34

The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 32:7
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.

Isaiah 41:17
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.

Isaiah 58:7
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?

Isaiah 66:2
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.

Jeremiah 2:34
H34

Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.

Jeremiah 5:4
H1800

Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

Jeremiah 20:13
H34

Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah 22:16
H6041

He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 39:10
H1800

But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

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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