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"Poor in spirit" - ptochos - is also the word used in the LXX Isaiah 61.
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Jesus quotes the words of the prophet Isaiah 61:1–2, saying, “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor ptochos, in Greek meaning “crouching, cringing, or cowering spiritual beggars”.
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[Footnote 1: It occurs many times in the Moeso-Gothic version of the Gospels for [Greek: ptochos].
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