Strong's Concordance
Original word: מוּך
Transliteration: muk
Definition (short): poor
Definition (full): to be low or depressed, to grow poor
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to be low or depressed, to grow poor
NASB Translation: becomes poor (3), becomes poor (1), poorer (1).
NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries.
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Copyright © 1981, 1998 by The Lockman Foundation.
All rights reserved Lockman.org
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to become thin, i.e. (figuratively) be impoverished -- be (waxen) poor(-er).
References
KJV:
If thy brother be waxen poor, and hath sold away some of his possession, and if any of his kin come to redeem it, then shall he redeem that which his brother sold.
NASB:
'If a fellow countryman of yours becomes so poor he has to sell part of his property, then his nearest kinsman is to come and buy back what his relative has sold.
KJV:
And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner; that he may live with thee.
NASB:
'Now in case a countryman of yours becomes poor and his means with regard to you falter, then you are to sustain him, like a stranger or a sojourner, that he may live with you.
KJV:
And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
NASB:
'If a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to you that he sells himself to you, you shall not subject him to a slave's service.
KJV:
And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger's family:
NASB:
'Now if the means of a stranger or of a sojourner with you becomes sufficient, and a countryman of yours becomes so poor with regard to him as to sell himself to a stranger who is sojourning with you, or to the descendants of a stranger's family,
KJV:
But if he be poorer than thy estimation, then he shall present himself before the priest, and the priest shall value him; according to his ability that vowed shall the priest value him.
NASB:
'But if he is poorer than your valuation, then he shall be placed before the priest and the priest shall value him; according to the means of the one who vowed, the priest shall value him.