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poor

Meaning of “poor”

1. Lacking material means. 2. Afflicted, lowly, or humble.

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:19

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Genesis 41:19
And, behold, seven other kine came up after them, poor and very ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as I never saw in all the land of Egypt for badness:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 41:19 · retained source text

And behold, seuen other kine came vp after them, poore and very ill fauoured, and leane fleshed, such as I neuer saw in all the land of Egypt for badnes.

Exodus 22:25
¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poor by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an usurer, neither shalt thou lay upon him usury.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 22:25 · retained source text

¶ If thou lend money to any of my people that is poore by thee, thou shalt not be to him as an vsurer, neither shalt thou lay vpon him vsurie.

1611 marginal noteLeuit. 25.37. deut. 23.19. psal. 15.5.

Exodus 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it rest and lie still; that the poor of thy people may eat: and what they leave the beasts of the field shall eat. In like manner thou shalt deal with thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 23:11 · retained source text

But the seuenth yeere thou shalt let it rest, and lie still, that the poore of thy people may eate, and what they leaue, the beasts of the field shall eate. In like maner thou shalt deale with thy vineyard, and with thy oliue yard.

1611 marginal noteOr, oliue trees.

Exodus 30:15
The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less than half a shekel, when they give an offering unto the Lord, to make an atonement for your souls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 30:15 · retained source text

The rich shal not giue more, and the poore shall not giue lesse then halfe a shekel, when they giue an offering vnto the LORD, to make an atonement for your soules.

1611 marginal noteHeb. multiplie.

1611 marginal noteHeb. diminish.

Leviticus 14:21
And if he be poor, and cannot get so much; then he shall take one lamb for a trespass offering to be waved, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deal of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering, and a log of oil;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Leviticus 14:21 · retained source text

And if he be poore, and cannot get so much, then hee shall take one lambe for a trespasse offring to be waued, to make an atonement for him, and one tenth deale of fine flowre mingled with oile, for a meat offering, and a log of oile,

1611 marginal noteHebr. his hand reach not.

1611 marginal noteHebr. For a wauing.

Leviticus 19:10
And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the Lord your God.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:10 · retained source text

And thou shalt not gleane thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather euery grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leaue them for the poore and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 19:15
¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Leviticus 19:15 · retained source text

¶ Ye shall doe no vnrighteousnes in iudgement; thou shalt not respect the person of the poore, nor honour the person of the mightie: but in righteousnesse shalt thou iudge thy neighbour.

1611 marginal noteExod. 23.3. deut. 1.17. and 16.16. prou. 24.23. iam. 2.9.

Leviticus 23:22
¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of the corners of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest: thou shalt leave them unto the poor, and to the stranger: I am the Lord your God.
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1611 witness · Leviticus 23:22 · retained source text

¶ And when ye reape the haruest of your land, thou shalt not make cleane riddance of the corners of the field, when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy haruest: thou shalt leaue them vnto the poore, and to the stranger: I am the LORD your God.

1611 marginal noteChap. 19.9.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 24.19.

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