impoverished

Greek Adjective

ἐνδεής, -ές (ἐνδέω, to lack) [in LXX for חָסֵר, אֶבְיוֹן, etc;] in want, needy: Act.4:34, (AS)

impoverished

Greek Adjective

ἐνδε-ής, ές, neuter plural ἐνδεᾶ: (ἐνδέω B):— wanting or lacking in, in need of, with genitive, ἐ. εἶναι or γεγενῆσθαί τινος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πολλῶν ἐ, opposed to αὐτάρκης, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποιητοῦ δ᾽ ἐστὶν ἐ. πρὸς τὸ ἐπιδεῖξαι, caret vate sacro, [Refs] 2) absolutely, in want, in need, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2.b) lacking, deficient, frequently in comparative, ἐνδεέστερα πράγματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φαίνεται ἐνδεεστέρα [ἡ στρατεία] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also in Posit, οὐδὲν ἐνδεὲς ποιεῖσθαι leave nothing unsaid, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ ἐ. lack, want, defect, ={ἔνδεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ αὐτῶν ἐ. their deficiency, [Refs] 3) inferior, τὰ κρείσσω μηδὲ τἀνδεᾶ λέγειν the worse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῆς δυνάμεως ἐνδεᾶ πρᾶξαι to act short of your real power, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τούτου ἐνδεᾶ ἐφαίνετο (i.e. τἃ πράγματα) their power was unequal to the purpose, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 4) inadequate, insufficient, πρός τι [Refs 5th c.BC+] 5) Grammars, defective, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 6) adverb ἐνδεῶς defectively, insufficiently, opposed to ἱκανῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἔχειν τινός to be in want of, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ ἐνδεῶς γνῶναι judge not insufficiently, [Refs 5th c.BC+] less than, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ἢ προσῆκεν τιμωρήσασθαι Epist. Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: rarely -έστερον [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

deficient in; lacking; from a compound of g1722 (ἐν) and g1210 (δέω) (in the sense of lacking)