Greek word
ptōchós
πτωχός
What it means
akin to ptoéō and the alternate of píptō)
akin to ptoéō (πτοέω) and the alternate of píptō (πίπτω)); a beggar (as cringing), i.e. pauper (strictly denoting absolute or public mendicancy, although also used in a qualified or relative sense; whereas pénēs (πένης) properly means only straitened circumstances in private), literally (often as noun) or figuratively (distressed)
Where it comes from
from (to crouch)