Penury

PENURY pen'-u-ri (machcor):

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 (husterema) is in the Revised Version (British and American) translated "want" (of the widow's mites).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'PENURY'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.