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poor

Meaning of “poor”

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

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205 occurrences197 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 41:19

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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.
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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.
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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.

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