Penury (ISBE)

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pen´ū́ - ri ( מחסור , maḥṣōr ): In Proverbs 14:23 , with sense of "poverty," "want": "The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury." In the New Testament the word in Luke 21:4 ( ὑστέρημα , hustérēma ) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites).

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• part_of source-manifest/isbe — ISBE (PD)