verb

Greekπτωχεύω (ptōcheuō)

Biblang

ptōcheuamō

Strong’sG4433

I am in poverty

stem ptōcheu-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

πτωχεύω

(< πτωχός), [in LXX: Jg 6:6, Ps 78 (79):8 (דּלל); Jg 14:15 A, Pr 23:21 (ירשׁ); Ps 33 (34):10 (רוּשׁ), To 4:21*;]

1. to be a beggar, to beg (so chiefly in cl.).

2. to be poor as a beggar, to be destitute, poor: opp. to πλούσιος ὤν, II Co 8:9.†

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

Strong’s G4433 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpto-khyoo'-o

to be a beggar, i.e. (by implication) to become indigent (figuratively)

Fromfrom G4434;

King Jamesbecome poor.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

πτωχ-εύω,
future -σωRefs 8th c.BC+: Epic dialect imperfect πτωχεύεσκον Refs:—to be a beggar, go begging, [prev. cited]; ἀνὰ δῆμον Refs 7th c.BC+
2 to be as poor as a beggar, Refs 5th c.BC+
3 metaphorically with genitive, to be badly off for, πραγμάτων, of historians, Refs 2nd c.BC+
II transitive, beg (for), δαῖτα Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 with accusative person, ask an alms of, φίλους Refs 6th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

became poor1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
ptōcheuataἐπτώχευσεν	happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular	became poor	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	ptōcheuamō	ptōcheuame	ptōcheuami	ptōcheuama	ptōcheuamē	ptōcheuamelē
you 2nd person singular	ptōcheuasō	ptōcheuase	ptōcheuasi	ptōcheuasa	ptōcheuasē	ptōcheuaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ptōcheuatō	ptōcheuate	ptōcheuati	ptōcheuata1×ἐπτώχευσεν	ptōcheuatē	ptōcheuatelē
we 1st person plural	ptōcheuanō	ptōcheuane	ptōcheuani	ptōcheuana	ptōcheuanē	ptōcheuanelē
ye 2nd person plural	ptōcheuavō	ptōcheuave	ptōcheuavi	ptōcheuava	ptōcheuavē	ptōcheuavelē
they 3rd person plural	ptōcheualō	ptōcheuale	ptōcheuali	ptōcheuala	ptōcheualē	ptōcheualelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	ptōcheuameiō	ptōcheuameia	ptōcheuameiē
you 2nd person singular	ptōcheuaseiō	ptōcheuaseia	ptōcheuaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ptōcheuateiō	ptōcheuateia	ptōcheuateiē
we 1st person plural	ptōcheuaneiō	ptōcheuaneia	ptōcheuaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	ptōcheuaveiō	ptōcheuaveia	ptōcheuaveiē
they 3rd person plural	ptōcheualeiō	ptōcheualeia	ptōcheualeiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	ptōcheuasōr	ptōcheuasar	ptōcheuasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ptōcheuatōr	ptōcheuatar	ptōcheuatēr
ye 2nd person plural	ptōcheuavōr	ptōcheuavar	ptōcheuavēr
they 3rd person plural	ptōcheualōr	ptōcheualar	ptōcheualēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	ptōcheuamoiō	ptōcheuamoia
you 2nd person singular	ptōcheuasoiō	ptōcheuasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	ptōcheuatoiō	ptōcheuatoia
we 1st person plural	ptōcheuanoiō	ptōcheuanoia
ye 2nd person plural	ptōcheuavoiō	ptōcheuavoia
they 3rd person plural	ptōcheualoiō	ptōcheualoia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ptōcheuarō	ptōcheuari	ptōcheuara	ptōcheuarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	ptōcheuarōntos	ptōcheuarintos	ptōcheuarantos	ptōcheuarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

ptōcheustem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

ptōcheu 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

ptōcheuata“became poor”happened · he/she/itaorist active indicative 3rd person singular1×

2 Corinthians 8:9… nu Iēsu Christou, hoti dia vin ptōcheuata plousios arōntos, hina vis ta ekeinou …… rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty …