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The Poor - ptóchos

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Definition: Ptóchos (pto-khos') Adjectivial Noun - Poor Ones, poor people.

Diagram: The Sign of the Poor is a synonymn for the sign of a crowd. The heads of four poor men fit tangent inside the bowl of the earth. The word "poor" acts as a regular adjective, not an adjectivial noun, when describing the "poor widow" in Mk 12:42a and Mk 12:43b.

Mk 10:21e	and give to the poor (ones) ...
Mk 14:05b	and given to the poor (ones).
Mk 14:07a	For you (will) always have the poor (ones) with you ...

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