The Greek adjective endees means lacking, needy, or destitute — describing a state of genuine insufficiency or want. It appears once in Acts 4:34 in a significant theological statement about the Jerusalem church.
Endees appears in one of the most remarkable statements about the early church: 'There were no needy persons (endees) among them' (Acts 4:34). This is a direct echo of Deuteronomy 15:4 — 'there need be no poor people among you' — showing that the church was living the promised covenant community. The early disciples' voluntary sharing of resources was not Communist redistribution but Spirit-empowered generosity that fulfilled Torah's vision. The fact that Luke highlights the absence of endees persons emphasizes the supernatural character of this community: they had solved through love what economics alone cannot solve. The church at its best still aims at this vision — a community where genuine need is met by genuine generosity.