- Original: πένης - Transliteration: Penes - Phonetic: pen'-ace - Definition: 1. poor - Origin: from a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence) - TDNT entry: 06:37,8 - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From a primary peno (to toil for daily subsistence); starving that is indigent: - poor. Compare G4434 . Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • poor, 1 2 Corinthians 9:9