adjective

penichras

Greekπενιχρός (penichros)

Strong’sG3998

poor, needy

stem penichr-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

poor1×

What it means

πενιχρός, -ά, -όν

(< πένομαι, v.s. πένης), [in LXX: Ex 22:25 (עָנִי), Pr 28:15 29:7 (דַּל)*;] chiefly in Comic poets and late prose (but Plato, Rep., 578 A), = πένης,

needy, poor: Lk 21:2 (for ex. in π., v. MM, xix).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3998 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpen-tikh-ros'

necessitous

Fromprolongation from the base of G3993;

King Jamespoor.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	penichros	penichras	penichrem	penichrois	penichrais	penichreim
object accusative	penichron	penichran1×πενιχρὰν		penichroin	penichrain
direct address vocative	penichror	penichrar		penichroir	penichrair
of, belonging to genitive	penichrou	penichrau	penichreu	penichroiu	penichraiu	penichreiu
to, for dative	penichro	penichra	penichre	penichroi	penichrai	penichrei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

penichrstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

penichr is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

penichran“poor”objectaccusative singular1×

Luke 21:2“poor”horata de tinan chēran penichran ballarōtan ekei lepteim duo,and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.