Dict: easton - Beg

Beg @ That the poor existed among the Hebrews we have abundant evidence kjv@Exodus:23:11; kjv@Deuteronomy:15:11), but there is no mention of beggars properly so called in the Old Testament. The poor were provided for by the law of Moses kjv@Leviticus:19:10; kjv@Deuteronomy:12:12 kjv@Deuteronomy:14:29). It is predicted of the seed of the wicked that they shall be beggars kjv@Psalms:37:25 kjv@Psalms:109:10). In the New Testament we find not seldom mention made of beggars kjv@Mark:10:46; kjv@Luke:16:20-21; kjv@Acts:3:2), yet there is no mention of such a class as vagrant beggars, so numerous in the East. "Beggarly," in kjv@Galatians:4:9, means worthless.