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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G3993 — πένης
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