Webster 1828 · headword: poverty
View source image ↗Destitution of property; indigence; want of convenient means of subsistence.
KJV WORD
poverty
COMBINED MEANING
Meaning of poverty
A state of being poor: want, indigence, or scarcity of material means; in context it may describe voluntary lowliness or outward need despite spiritual riches.
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Webster 1828KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
WORD FAMILY
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Root: poor
Lowliness or want of material means, contrasted in some verses with true or spiritual riches.
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