King James Bible Dictionary

BEG'GAR, noun [See Beg.] One that lives by asking alms, or makes it his business to beg for charity.

1. One who supplicates with humility; a petitioner; but in this sense rarely used, as the word has become a term of contempt.

2. One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.

BEG'GAR, verb transitive To reduce to beggary; to impoverish.

1. To deprive or make destitute; to exhaust; as, to beggar description.

The poor among the Hebrews were much favored. They were allowed to glean in the fields, and to gather whatever the land produced in the year in which it was not tilled (Leviticus 19:10; 25:5,6; 24:19) They were also invited to feasts. (14:29) and Deuteronomy 26:12 The Isr'lite could not be an absolute pauper. His land was in alienable, except for a certain term, when it reverted to him or his posterity. And if this resource were insufficient, he could pledge the services of himself and family or a valuable sum. Those who were indigent through bodily infirmities were usually taken care of by their kindred. A beggar was sometimes seen, however, and was regarded and abhorred as a vagabond. (Psalms 109:10) In later times beggars were accustomed, it would seem, to have a fixed place at the corners of the streets, (Mark 10:46) or at the gates of the temple, (Acts 3:2) or of private houses, (Luke 16:20)

BEG'GARED, participle passive Reduced to extreme poverty.

BEG'GARING, participle present tense Reducing to indigence or a state of beggary.

BEG'GARLINESS, noun The state of being beggarly; meanness; extreme poverty.

BEG'GARLY, adjective Mean; poor; in the condition of a beggar; extremely indigent.

BEG'GARLY, adverb Meanly; indigently; despicable.

BEG'GAR-MAID,noun A maid that is a beggar.

BEG'GAR-MAN, noun A man that is a beggar.

Set among princes
1 Samuel 2:8

Not the seed of the righteous
Psalms 37:25

The children of the wicked
Psalms 109:10; Proverbs 20:4; Luke 16:3

Instances of:

Bartimeus
Mark 10:46

Lazarus
Luke 16:20-22

The blind man
John 9:8

The lame man
Acts 3:2-5
Poor

BEG'GAR-WOMAN, noun A female beggar.

BEG'GARY, noun A state of extreme indigence.