for which see BEG, B, has the broad sense of "poor," (a) literally, e.g., Mat 11:5, Mat 26:9, Mat 26:11, Luk 21:3 (with stress on the word, "a conspicuously poor widow"); Joh 1:12-6, Joh 12:8, Joh 13:29, Jam 1:2-3, Jam 2:6; the "poor" are constantly the subjects of injunctions to assist them, Mat 19:21, Mar 10:21, Luk 14:13, Luk 14:21, Luk 18:22, Rom 15:26, Gal 2:10; (b) metaphorically, Mat 5:3, Luk 6:20, Rev 3:17.
akin to B, "needy, poor," is used of the widow in Luk 21:2 (cp. No. 1, of the same woman, in Luk 21:3); it is used frequently in the papyri. In the Sept., Exo 22:25, Pro 28:15, Pro 29:7. "a laborer "(akin to penomai, "to work for one's daily bread"), is translated "poor" in 2Co 9:9. "to be poor as a beggar" (akin to A, No. 1), "to be destitute," is said of Christ in 2Co 8:9.
