Definition

destitute

Etymology

from H14 (אָבָה), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);

Word family

• אָבָה ʼâbâh

How the KJV renders it

• beggar
• needy
• poor (man)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.