[Meaning them being] needy.
*lipernou=ntas: penixrou/s. 
Same or similar entry in other lexica. As transmitted, the headword is the present active participle, masculine accusative plural, of a verb 
liperne/w; however, it should be 
lifernou=ntas from 
liferne/w (cf. 
lambda 628), as in 
Hesychius lambda1166, citing it from 
Josephus, 
Jewish Antiquities 2.83 (web address 1).
cf. 
lambda 588.
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