4434. Strong's Dictionary Study 4434. ptochos {pto-khos'}; from ptosso {to crouch; akin to 4422 and the alternate of 4098); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas 3993 properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed): --beggar(-ly), poor.[ql ~~~~~~