Bible Dictionaries
Poverty

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Any deficiency of elements or resources that are needed or desired, or that constitute richness; as, poverty of soil; poverty of the blood; poverty of ideas.

(2):

(n.) The quality or state of being poor or indigent; want or scarcity of means of subsistence; indigence; need.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Poverty'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/poverty.html. 1828.