Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:9

Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:9 - 9:9

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 9:9 - 9:9

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As it is written (kathōs gegraptai). Psa 92:3, Psa 92:9. Picture of the beneficent man.

He hath scattered abroad (eskorpisen). First aorist active indicative of skorpizō, to scatter, Koiné[28928]š verb for skedannumi of the Attic. Probably akin to skorpios (scorpion) from root skarp, to cut asunder. See note on Mat 12:30. It is like sowing seed.

To the poor (tois penēsin). Old word from penamai, to work for one’s living. Latin penuria and Greek peinaō, to be hungry, are kin to it. Only N.T. instance and to be distinguished from ptōchos, beggar, abjectly poor.