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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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Zechariah 7:10
And oppress not the widow, nor the fatherless, the stranger, nor the poor; and let none of you imagine evil against his brother in your heart.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 7:10 · retained source text

And oppresse not the widow, nor the fatherlesse, the stranger, nor the poore, and let none of you imagine euill against his brother in your heart.

1611 marginal noteExod.22.21. isa.1.23. iere.5.28.

Zechariah 11:7
And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock. And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Zechariah 11:7 · retained source text

And I will feede the flocke of slaughter, euen you, O poore of the flock: and I tooke vnto me two staues; the one I called Beautie, and the other I called Bandes, and I fed the flocke.

1611 marginal noteOr, verily the poore.

1611 marginal noteOr, binders.

Zechariah 11:11
And it was broken in that day: and so the poor of the flock that waited upon me knew that it was the word of the Lord.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zechariah 11:11 · retained source text

And it was broken in that day: and so the poore of the flocke that waited vpon me, knew that it was the word of the LORD.

1611 marginal noteOr, the poore of the flocke, &c. certainly knewe.

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