Ptocheuo means “become poor” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H4433 — malka (“queen”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G4433 πτωχεύω (ptocheuo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. ptocheuo (pto-khyoo'-o) v. 1. to be a beggar 2. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively) It has 6 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include poor. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
ptocheuo (pto-khyoo'-o) v. 1. to be a beggar 2. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively) [from G4434] KJV: become poor Root(s): G4434
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G4433. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
be poor
Usage: πτωχεύω (πτωχός), [in LXX: Jdg.6:6, Psa.79:8 (דָּלַל); Jdg.14:15 A, Pro.23:21 (יָרַשׁ); Psa.34:10 (רוּשׁ), Tob.4:21 * ;] __1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl.). __2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opposite to πλούσιος ὤν, 2Co.8:9.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render ptocheuo, 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.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.
Strong's G4433 (πτωχεύω) appears 5 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
4 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian.
The rich have become poor and hungry: But they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.
Remember not our old transgressions; Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; For we are greatly impoverished.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G4433.
And Israel was greatly impoverished because of Midian.
The rich have become poor and hungry: But they that seek the Lord diligently shall not want any good thing. Pause.
Remember not our old transgressions; Let thy tender mercies speedily prevent us; For we are greatly impoverished.
For every drunkard and whoremonger shall be poor; And every sluggard shall clothe himself with tatters and ragged garments.
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
And fear not, my son, that we are made poor: for thou hast much wealth, if thou fear God, and depart from all sin, and do that which is pleasing in his sight.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G4433, grouped by book.
Ptocheuo (Strong's G4433) is a Greek word most simply glossed "become poor". ptocheuo (pto-khyoo'-o) v. 1. to be a beggar 2. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively)
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G4433 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G4433 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
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.
Yes. The current local index includes 4 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G4433, with linked reader references where each row is available.