# G3993 πένης

πένης (pénēs), Strong’s G3993: starving, i.e. indigent KJV: poor. Occurs 79 times.

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*pénēs* — starving, i.e. indigent

KJV: poor

Occurs 79 times.

## Where it occurs
- [2 Corinthians 9:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/9?v=9) — As it is written, “He has scattered abroad. He has given to the poor. His righteousness remains forever.”
- [1 Esdras 3:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/3?v=19) — It makes the mind of the king and of the fatherless child to be the same, likewise of the bondman and of the freeman…
- [Wisdom of Solomon 2:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/wisdom-of-solomon/2?v=10) — Let’s oppress the righteous poor. Let’s not spare the widow, nor regard the gray hair of the old man.
- [Sirach 11:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/11?v=19) — 
- [Sirach 13:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/13?v=17) — 
- [Sirach 29:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/29?v=9) — Help a poor man for the commandment’s sake. According to his need don’t send him empty away.
- [Sirach 31:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/31?v=20) —