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Lexicon :: Strong's G770 - astheneō

Aa
ἀσθενέω
Transliteration
astheneō (Key)
Pronunciation
as-then-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
33x in 15 unique form(s) TR
36x in 16 unique form(s) LXX
57x in 20 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:490,83

Strong’s Definitions

ἀσθενέω asthenéō, as-then-eh'-o; from G772; to be feeble (in any sense):—be diseased, impotent folk (man), (be) sick, (be, be made) weak.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x

The KJV translates Strong's G770 in the following manner: be weak (12x), be sick (10x), sick (7x), weak (3x), impotent man (1x), be diseased (1x), be made weak (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 36x
The KJV translates Strong's G770 in the following manner: be weak (12x), be sick (10x), sick (7x), weak (3x), impotent man (1x), be diseased (1x), be made weak (1x).

  1. to be weak, feeble, to be without strength, powerless

  2. to be weak in means, needy, poor

  3. to be feeble, sick

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσθενέω asthenéō, as-then-eh'-o; from G772; to be feeble (in any sense):—be diseased, impotent folk (man), (be) sick, (be, be made) weak.
STRONGS G770:
ἀσθενέω, -ῶ; imperfect ἠσθένουν; perfect ἠσθένηκα (2 Corinthians 11:21 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἠσθένησα; (ἀσθενής); [from Euripides down]; to be weak, feeble; universally, to be without strength, powerless: Romans 8:3; rhetorically, of one who purposely abstains from the use of his strength, 2 Corinthians 13:4; and of one who has no occasion to prove his strength, 2 Corinthians 13:9; contextually, to be unable to wield and hold sway over others, 2 Corinthians 11:21; by oxymoron, ὅταν ἀσθενῶ, τότε δυνατός εἰμι when I am weak in human strength, then am I strong in strength divine, 2 Corinthians 12:10; εἴς τινα, to be weak towards one, 2 Corinthians 13:3; with a dative of the respect added: πίστει, to be weak in faith, Romans 4:19; πίστει, to be doubtful about things lawful and unlawful to a Christian, Romans 14:1; simple ἀσθενεῖν with the same idea suggested, Romans 14:2, 21 [T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets]; 1 Corinthians 8:9 Rec., 11f; τίς ἀσθενεῖ, καὶ οὐκ ἀσθενῶ; who is weak (in his feelings and conviction about things lawful), and I am not filled with a compassionate sense of the same weakness? 2 Corinthians 11:29. contextually, to be weak in means, needy, poor: Acts 20:35 (so [Aristophanes pax 636]; Euripides, in Stobaeus, 145 vol. 2:168, Gaisf. edition), cf. DeWette [more fully Hackett, per contra Meyer] at the passage. Specially of debility in health: with νόσοις added, Luke 4:40; simply, to be feeble, sick: Luke 7:10 [R G Tr marginal reading brackets]; Matthew 25:36, 39 L text T Tr WH; John 4:46; John 11:1-3, 6; Acts 9:37; Philippians 2:26; 2 Timothy 4:20; James 5:14; οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, and ἀσθενοῦντες, the sick, sick folks: Matthew 10:8; Mark 6:56; Luke 9:2 Rec.; John 5:3, 7, 13 Tdf.; John 6:2; Acts 19:12.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
10:8; 25:36; 25:39
Mark
6:56
Luke
4:40; 7:10; 9:2
John
4:46; 5:3; 5:7; 5:13; 6:2; 11:1; 11:2; 11:3; 11:6
Acts
9:37; 19:12; 20:35
Romans
4:19; 8:3; 14:1; 14:2; 14:21
1 Corinthians
8:9
2 Corinthians
11:21; 11:21; 11:29; 12:10; 13:3; 13:4; 13:9
Philippians
2:26
2 Timothy
4:20
James
5:14

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G770 matches the Greek ἀσθενέω (astheneō),
which occurs 33 times in 32 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - “Heal G2323 the sick G770, raise G1453 the dead G3498, cleanse G2511 those G3015 with G3015 leprosy G3015, cast G1544 out G1544 demons G1140. Freely G1432 you received G2983, freely G1432 give G1325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - naked G1131, and you clothed G4016 Me; I was sick G770, and you visited G1980 Me; I was in prison G5438, and you came G2064 to Me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - ‘And when G4219 did we see G3708 You sick G770, or G2228 in prison G5438, and come G2064 to You?’

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever G3699 He entered G1531 villages G2968, or G2228 cities G4172, or G2228 a countryside G68, they were laying G5087 the sick G770 in the marketplaces G58 and imploring G3870 Him that they might just G2579 touch G681 the fringe G2899 of His cloak G2440; and all G3745 who G3745 touched G681 it were being [fn]healed G4982.

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Now G1161 while the sun G2246 was setting G1416, all G537 those G3745 who G3745 had G2192 any who were sick G770 with various G4164 diseases G3554 brought G71 them to Him; and He was laying G2007 His hands G5495 on G2007 each G1538 one G1520 of them and healing G2323 them.

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Therefore G3767 He came G2064 again G3825 to Cana G2580 of Galilee G1056, where G3699 He had made G4160 the water G5204 into wine G3631. And there was a royal G937 official G937 whose G3739 son G5207 was sick G770 at Capernaum G2584.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these G3778 porticoes lay G2621 a multitude G4128 of those G3588 who were sick G770, blind G5185, limping G5560, or [fn]paralyzed G3584.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick G770 man answered G611 Him, “Sir G2962, I have G2192 no G3756 man G444 to put G906 me into the pool G2861 when G3752 the water G5204 is stirred G5015 up, but while G1722 G3739 I am coming G2064, another G243 steps G2597 down G2597 before G4253 me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2 - A large G4183 crowd G3793 was following G190 Him, because G3754 they were watching G3708 the [fn]signs G4592 which G3739 He was performing G4160 on those G3588 who were sick G770.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 -

Now G1161 a certain G5100 man G5100 was sick G770: Lazarus G2976 of Bethany G963, the village G2968 of Mary G3137 and her sister G79 Martha G3136.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - And it was the Mary G3137 who anointed G218 the Lord G2962 with [fn]ointment G3464, and wiped G1591 His feet G4228 with her hair G2359, whose G3739 brother G80 Lazarus G2976 was sick G770.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So G3767 the sisters G79 sent G649 word to Him, saying G3004, “Lord G2962, behold G2396, he whom G3739 You love G5368 is sick G770.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 - So G3767 when G5613 He heard G191 that he was sick G770, He then G5119 stayed G3306 two G1417 days G2250 longer in the place G5117 where G3739 He was.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - But it happened G1096 [fn]at that time G2250 that she became G770 sick G770 and died G599; and when they had washed G3068 her body, they laid G5087 it in an upstairs G5253 room G5253.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - so G5620 that G5620 handkerchiefs G4676 or G2228 aprons G4612 were even G2532 carried G667 from his body G5559 to the sick G770, and the diseases G3554 left G525 them and the evil G4190 spirits G4151 went G1607 out G1607.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - “In everything G3956 I showed G5263 you that by working G2872 hard G2872 in G3779 this G3779 way G3779 you must G1163 help G482 the weak G770 and remember G3421 the words G3056 of the Lord G2962 Jesus G2424, that He Himself G846 said G3004, ‘It is more G3123 blessed G3107 to give G1325 than G2228 to receive G2983.’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - Without G3361 becoming G770 weak G770 in faith G4102 he contemplated G2657 his own G1438 body G4983, now as good as dead G3499 since he was about G4225 a hundred G1541 years G1541 old G1541, and the deadness G3500 of Sarah’s G4564 womb G3388;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 - For what G102 the Law G3551 could G102 not G102 do, [fn]weak G770 as it was through G1223 the flesh G4561, God G2316 did: sending G3992 His own G1438 Son G5207 in the likeness G3667 of [fn]sinful G266 flesh G4561 and as an offering for sin G266, He condemned G2632 sin G266 in the flesh G4561,

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Now G1161 accept G4355 the one who is weak G770 [fn]in faith G4102, but not [fn]to have quarrels G1253 over opinions G1261.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 - One G3739 G3303 person has G4100 faith G4100 that he may eat G2068 all G3956 things G3956, but the one who is weak G770 eats G2068 only vegetables G3001.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - For through G1722 your knowledge G1108 the one who is weak G770 is ruined G622, the brother G80 or sister for whose G3739 sake G1223 Christ G5547 died G599.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 - And so G3779, by sinning G264 against G1519 the brothers G80 and sisters and wounding G5180 their conscience G4893 when it is weak G770, you sin G264 against G1519 Christ G5547.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 - To my shame G819 I must say G3004 that we have been weak G770 by comparison.

But in whatever G3739 G302 respect anyone G5100 else is G5111 bold G5111—I am speaking G3004 in foolishness G877—I too G2532 am G5111 bold G5111.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who G5101 is weak G770 without G2532 G3756 my being weak G770? Who G5101 is [fn]led G4624 into G4624 sin G4624 [fn]without G2532 G3756 my intense G4448 concern G4448?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - Therefore G1352 I delight G2106 in weaknesses G769, in [fn]insults G5196, in distresses G318, in persecutions G1375, in difficulties G4730, in G5228 behalf G5228 of Christ G5547; for when G3752 I am G770 weak G770, then G5119 I am G1510 strong G1415.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3 - since G1893 you are seeking G2212 proof G1382 of the Christ G5547 who speaks G2980 in me, who G3739 is not weak G770 toward G1519 you, but mighty G1414 in you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - For indeed G2532 He was crucified G4717 because G1537 of weakness G769, yet G235 He lives G2198 because G1537 of the power G1411 of God G2316. For we too G2532 are weak G770 [fn]in Him, yet G235 we will live G2198 with Him because G1537 of the power G1411 of God G2316 directed toward G1519 you.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - For we rejoice G5463 when G3752 we ourselves G1473 are weak G770, but you are strong G1415; this G3778 we also G2532 pray G2172 for, [fn]that you become G2676 mature G2676.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - because G1894 he was longing G1971 [fn]for G1971 you all G3956 and was distressed G85 because G1360 you had heard G191 that he was sick G770.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27 - For indeed G2532 he was sick G770 to the point G3897 of death G2288, but God G2316 had G1653 mercy G1653 on him, and not only G3441 on him but also G2532 on me, so G2443 that G2443 I would not have G2192 sorrow G3077 upon sorrow G3077.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus G2037 remained G3306 at Corinth G2882, but I left G620 Trophimus G5161 sick G770 at Miletus G3399.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone G5100 among G1722 you sick G770? Then he must call G4341 for the elders G4245 of the church G1577 and they are to pray G4336 over G1909 him, [fn]anointing G218 him with oil G1637 in the name G3686 of the Lord G2962;
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