Lexical Definition

‎πένης‎ pénēs (pen'-ace) poor G:N-M
from a primary (to toil for daily subsistence)

poor.

Usage: 8 forms in 77 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
πενήτων needy LXX.Ps.9.12 • LXX.Ps.10.10 • LXX.Ps.10.17 • LXX.Ps.12.5 • LXX.Ps.69.33 • LXX.Ps.72.4 • LXX.Ps.140.12 • LXX.Jer.40.7 • LXX.Jer.52.15
needy ones LXX.Ps.9.18
of needy LXX.Job.34.28 • LXX.Ps.72.13 • LXX.Isa.10.2
of your needy LXX.Ps.74.19
on needy LXX.Dan.4.27
poor LXX.Jer.52.16
your needy LXX.Ps.10.12
πένητοσ needy LXX.2Sam.12.4 • LXX.Ps.72.13 • LXX.Eccl.9.15 • LXX.Eccl.9.16 • LXX.Ezek.16.49
of needy LXX.Exod.23.6 • LXX.Deut.24.14 • LXX.Ps.109.31 • LXX.Eccl.5.8 • LXX.Jer.20.13
to needy LXX.Jer.22.16
πένητι needy LXX.Deut.15.11 • LXX.2Sam.12.3 • LXX.Ps.9.9 • LXX.Ps.107.41
to needy LXX.Prov.31.20
πένητεσ needy LXX.Ps.22.26
πένητασ needy LXX.Prov.14.21 • LXX.Prov.30.14 • LXX.Amos.4.1 • LXX.Amos.5.12
πένητα a needy LXX.Ps.109.16 • LXX.Eccl.9.15
needy LXX.Exod.23.3 • LXX.1Sam.2.8 • LXX.Ps.10.8 • LXX.Ps.11.4 • LXX.Ps.37.14 • LXX.Ps.41.1 • LXX.Ps.82.3 • LXX.Ps.82.4 • LXX.Ps.113.7 • LXX.Prov.14.31 • LXX.Prov.22.16 • LXX.Prov.22.22 • LXX.Prov.31.9 • LXX.Ezek.18.12 • LXX.Ezek.22.29 • LXX.Amos.2.6 • LXX.Amos.8.4 • LXX.Amos.8.6 • LXX.Zech.7.10
needy one LXX.Ps.35.10 • LXX.Ps.72.12
πένησιν needy LXX.Ps.112.9
poor 2Cor.9.9
πένησ a needy LXX.Eccl.4.13
he is needy LXX.Deut.24.15
needy LXX.2Sam.12.1 • LXX.Ps.40.17 • LXX.Ps.49.2 • LXX.Ps.70.5 • LXX.Ps.74.21 • LXX.Ps.86.1 • LXX.Ps.109.22 • LXX.Prov.18.23 • LXX.Prov.23.4 • LXX.Prov.28.11 • LXX.Eccl.4.14 • LXX.Eccl.6.8

Abbott-Smith

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: II Co 9:9.†
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (v. Tr., Syn., § xxxvi; Abbott, Essays, 78).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
2 Corinthians 9:9

Liddell-Scott-Jones

πένης, ητος, ὁ,

(πένομαι) one who works for his living, day-labourer, poor man, opposed to πλούσιος, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; opposed to δυνάμενος, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; πτωχοῦ μὲν γὰρ βίος.., ζῆν ἐστιν μηδὲν ἔχοντα· τοῦ δὲ πένητος ζῆν φει- δόμενον καὶ τοῖς ἔργοις προσέχοντα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἷ᾽ ἀνὴρ π. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__II as adjective, π. δόμοι [Refs 5th c.BC+] poor in money,[Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative πενέστερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative πενέστατος [Refs 4th c.BC+]