πένης, -ητος, ὁ (πένομαι, to work for one's daily bread), [in LXX for אֶבְיוֹן, עָנִי, דַּל, etc;]
one who works for his living, a labourer, a poor man: 2Co.9:9.
SYN.: πτωχός, properly a beggar and implying deeper poverty than π. (see Tr,
Syn., § xxxvi, Abbott,
Essays, 78) (
AS)