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Strong's G3993 πένης (penes)

Penes means “poor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3993 — maarab (“ambuscade”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3993
Language Greek
Linked Usages 76
Books 18

Strong's G3993 Quick Answer

Strong's G3993 πένης (penes) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. penes (pen'-ace) n. 1. starving, i.e. indigent [from a primary peno "to toil for daily subsistence"] It has 76 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include poor. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
penes (pen'-ace) n. 1. starving, i.e. indigent [from a primary peno "to toil for daily subsistence"]
Usage
76 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
poor

Meaning and Definition

penes (pen'-ace) n. 1. starving, i.e. indigent [from a primary peno "to toil for daily subsistence"] KJV: poor Compare: G4434

Original Word
πένης
Transliteration
penes
Morphology
noun

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3993. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

poor

Usage: πένης, -ητος, ὁ (πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc. ;] one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.† SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr., Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott, Essays, 78) (AS)

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How Strong's G3993 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render penes, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G3993 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 69 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3993 (πένης) appears 77 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3993 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3993 in the New Testament

1 indexed usage in New Testament.

2 Corinthians 9:9 KJV

(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

Strong's G3993 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

69 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Exodus 23:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.

Exodus 23:6 Septuagint / Brenton

Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.

Deuteronomy 15:11 Septuagint / Brenton

For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.

Strong's G3993 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

6 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Esdras 3:19 Septuagint / Brenton

it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:

Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Septuagint / Brenton

Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.

Wisdom of Sirach 11:21 Septuagint / Brenton

Marvel not at the works of sinners; But trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labor: For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.

Usage Excerpts

First 76 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3993.

Exodus 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt not spare a poor man in judgment.
Exodus 23:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not wrest the sentence of the poor in his judgment.
Deuteronomy 15:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the poor shall not fail off thy land, therefore I charge thee to do this thing, saying, Thou shalt surely open thy hands to thy poor brother, and to him that is distressed upon thy land.
Deuteronomy 24:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt not unjustly withhold the wages of the poor and needy of thy brethren, or of the strangers who are in thy cities.
Deuteronomy 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thou shalt pay him his wages the same day, the sun shall not go down upon it, because he is poor and he trusts in it; and he shall cry against thee to the Lord, and it shall be sin in thee.
1 Kingdoms 2:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He lifts up the poor from the earth, And raises the needy from the dunghill; To seat him with the princes of the people, And causing them to inherit the throne of glory:
2 Kingdoms 12:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord sent Nathan the prophet to David; and he went in to him, and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and the other poor.
2 Kingdoms 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But the poor man had only one little ewe lamb, which he had purchased, and preserved, and reared; and it grew up with himself and his children in common; it ate of his bread and drank of his cup, and slept in his bosom, and was to him as a daughter.
2 Kingdoms 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a traveler came to the rich man, and he spared to take of his flocks and of his herds, to dress for the traveler that came to him; and he took the poor man’s lamb, and dressed it for the man that came to him.
Job 34:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So as to bring before him the cry of the needy; For he will hear the cry of the poor.
Psalms 9:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord also is become a refuge for the poor, A seasonable help, in affliction.
Psalms 9:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he remembered them, in making inquisition for blood: He has not forgotten the supplication of the poor.
Psalms 9:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the poor shall not be forgotten forever: The patience of the needy ones shall not perish forever.
Psalms 9:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He lies in wait with rich men In secret places, in order to slay the innocent: His eyes are set against the poor.
Psalms 9:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He will bow down and fall when he has mastered the poor.
Psalms 9:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Arise, O Lord God; let thy hand be lifted up: Forget not the poor.
Psalms 9:38 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord has heard the desire of the poor: Thine ear has inclined to the preparation of their heart;
Psalms 10:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord is in his holy temple, As for the Lord, his throne is in heaven: His eyes look upon the poor, His eyelids try the sons of men.
Psalms 11:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because of the misery of the poor, And because of the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the Lord, I will set them in safety; I will speak to them thereof openly.
Psalms 21:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The poor shall eat and be satisfied; And they shall praise the Lord that seek him: Their heart shall live forever.
Psalms 34:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All my bones shall say, O Lord, who is like to thee? Delivering the poor out of the hand of them that are stronger than he, Yea, the poor and needy one from them that spoil him.
Psalms 36:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sinners have drawn their swords, They have bent their bow, To cast down the poor and needy one, And to slay the upright in heart.
Psalms 39:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I am poor and needy; the Lord will take care of me; Thou art my helper, and my defender, O my God, delay not.
Psalms 40:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Blessed is the man who thinks on the poor and needy: The Lord shall deliver him in an evil day.
Psalms 48:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Both the sons of mean men, and sons of great men; The rich and poor man together.
Psalms 68:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For the Lord hears the poor, And does not set at nought his fettered ones.
Psalms 69:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But I am poor and needy; O God, help me: Thou art my helper and deliverer, O Lord, delay not.
Psalms 71:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall judge the poor of the people in righteousness, And save the children of the needy; And shall bring low the false accuser.
Psalms 71:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he has delivered the poor from the oppressor; And the needy who had no helper.
Psalms 71:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He shall spare the poor and needy, And shall deliver the souls of the needy.
Psalms 73:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver not to the wild beasts a soul that gives praise to thee: Forget not forever the souls of thy poor.
Psalms 73:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Let not the afflicted and shamed one be rejected: The poor and needy shall praise thy name.
Psalms 81:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Judge the orphan and poor: Do justice to the low and needy.
Psalms 81:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Rescue the needy, and deliver the poor Out of the hand of the sinner.
Psalms 85:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A Prayer of David. O Lord, incline thine ear, and hearken to me; For I am poor and needy.
Psalms 106:41 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But he helps the poor out of poverty, And makes him families as a flock.
Psalms 108:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Because he remembered not to show mercy, But persecuted the needy and poor man, And that to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
Psalms 108:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; And my heart is troubled within me.
Psalms 108:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he stood on the right hand of the poor, To save me from them that persecute my soul.
Psalms 111:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He has dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor; His righteousness endures for evermore: His horn shall be exalted with honor.
Psalms 112:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Who lifts up the poor from the earth, And raises up the needy from the dunghill;
Psalms 139:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I know that the Lord will maintain the cause of the poor, And the right of the needy ones.
Proverbs 14:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that dishonors the needy sins: But he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
Proverbs 14:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: But he that honors him has pity upon the poor.
Proverbs 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Yet gives to the rich so as to make it less.
Proverbs 22:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Neither dishonor the helpless man in the gates.
Proverbs 23:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou art poor, measure not thyself with a rich man; But refrain thyself in thy wisdom.
Proverbs 30:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.
Proverbs 31:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Open your mouth and judge justly, and plead the cause of the poor and weak.
Proverbs 31:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she opens her hands to the needy, And reaches out fruit to the poor.
Proverbs 35:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Ecclesiastes 4:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Better is a poor and wise child Than an old and foolish king, Who knows not how to take heed any longer.
Ecclesiastes 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For he shall come forth out of the house of the prisoners to reign, Because he also that was in his kingdom has become poor.
Ecclesiastes 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
If thou shouldest see the oppression of the poor, and the wresting of judgment and of justice in the land, Wonder not at the matter: For there is a high one to watch over him that is high, And high ones over them.
Ecclesiastes 6:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For what advantage has the wise man over the fool, Since even the poor knows how to walk in the direction of life?
Ecclesiastes 9:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And should find in it a poor wise man, And he should save the city through his wisdom: Yet no man would remember that poor man.
Ecclesiastes 9:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I said, Wisdom is better than power: Yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, And his words not listened to.
Isaiah 10:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
perverting the cause of the poor, violently wresting the judgment of the needy ones of my people, that the widow may be a prey to them, and the orphan a spoil.
Jeremiah 20:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sing ye to the Lord, sing praise to him: for he has rescued the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
Jeremiah 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
They understood not, they judged not the cause of the afflicted, nor the cause of the poor: is not this thy not knowing me? saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 16:49 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Moreover this was the sin of thy sister Sodom, pride: she and her daughters lived in pleasure, in fullness of bread and in abundance: this belonged to her and her daughters, and they helped not the hand of the poor and needy.
Ezekiel 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,
Ezekiel 22:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
That sorely oppress the people of the land with injustice, and commit robbery; oppressing the poor and needy, and not dealing justly with the stranger.
Daniel 4:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Therefore, O king, let my counsel please thee, and atone for thy sins by alms, and thine iniquities by compassion on the poor: it may be God will be long-suffering to thy trespasses.
Amos 2:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus saith the Lord; For three sins of Israel, and for four, I will not turn away from him; because they sold the righteous for silver, and the poor for sandals,
Amos 4:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear ye this word, ye heifers of the land of Bashan that are in the mountain of Samaria, that oppress the poor, and trample on the needy, which say to their masters, Give us that we may drink.
Amos 5:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I know your many transgressions, and your sins are great, trampling on the just, taking bribes, and turning aside the judgment of the poor in the gates.
Amos 8:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hear now this, ye that oppress the poor in the morning, and drive the needy ones by tyranny from the earth,
Zechariah 7:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and oppress not the widow, or the fatherless, or the stranger, or the poor; and let not one of you remember in his heart the injury of his brother.
2 Corinthians 9:9 New Testament, KJV
(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.
1 Esdras 3:19 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
it maketh the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be all one; of the bondman and of the freeman, of the poor man and of the rich:
Wisdom of Solomon 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Let us oppress the poor righteous man, Let us not spare the widow, Nor reverence the ancient gray hairs of the aged.
Wisdom of Sirach 11:21 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Marvel not at the works of sinners; But trust in the Lord, and abide in thy labor: For it is an easy thing in the sight of the Lord on the sudden to make a poor man rich.
Wisdom of Sirach 13:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
What agreement is there between the hyena and a dog? And what peace between the rich and the poor?
Wisdom of Sirach 29:9 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Help the poor for the commandment’s sake, And turn him not away because of his poverty.
Wisdom of Sirach 34:20 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Sound sleep cometh of moderate eating: He riseth early, and his wits are with him: But the pain of watching, and choler, and pangs of the belly, are with an unsatiable man.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3993, grouped by book.

Exodus 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 32 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Corinthians 1 usage, New Testament
1 Esdras 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3993 FAQ

What does penes (πένης) mean?

Penes (Strong's G3993) is a Greek word most simply glossed "poor". penes (pen'-ace) n. 1. starving, i.e. indigent [from a primary peno "to toil for daily subsistence"]

How many times is penes (πένης) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 76 linked usages for Strong's G3993 across 18 books.

Where can I study penes (πένης) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3993 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate penes (πένης)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as poor. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3993 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 69 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 6 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3993, with linked reader references where each row is available.