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Lexicon :: Strong's G769 - astheneia

Aa
ἀσθένεια
Transliteration
astheneia (Key)
Pronunciation
as-then'-i-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:490,83

Strong’s Definitions

ἀσθένεια asthéneia, as-then'-i-ah; from G772; feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty:—disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G769 in the following manner: infirmity (17x), weakness (5x), disease (1x), sickness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G769 in the following manner: infirmity (17x), weakness (5x), disease (1x), sickness (1x).

  1. want of strength, weakness, infirmity

    1. of the body

      1. its native weakness and frailty

      2. feebleness of health or sickness

    2. of the soul

      1. want of strength and capacity requisite

        1. to understand a thing

        2. to do things great and glorious

        3. to restrain corrupt desires

        4. to bear trials and troubles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσθένεια asthéneia, as-then'-i-ah; from G772; feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty:—disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
STRONGS G769:
ἀσθένεια, -ας, ἡ, (ἀσθενής), [from Herodotus down], want of strength, weakness, infirmity;
a. of Body;
α. its native weakness and frailty: 1 Corinthians 15:43; 2 Corinthians 13:4.
β. feebleness of health; sickness: John 5:5; John 11:4; Luke 13:11, 12; Galatians 4:13 (ἀσθένεια τῆς σαρκός); Hebrews 11:34; in plural: Matthew 8:17; Luke 5:15; Luke 8:2; Acts 28:9; 1 Timothy 5:23.
b. of Soul; want of the strength and capacity requisite
α. to understand a thing: Romans 6:19 (where ἀσθ. σαρκός denotes the weakness of human nature).
β. to do things great and glorious, as want of human wisdom, of skill in speaking, in the management of men: 1 Corinthians 2:3.
γ. to restrain corrupt desires; proclivity to sin: Hebrews 5:2; Hebrews 7:28; plural the various kinds of this proclivity, Hebrews 4:15.
δ. to bear trials and troubles: Romans 8:26 (where read τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ for Rec. ταῖς ἀσθενείαις); 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:9; plural the mental [?] states in which this weakness manifests itself: 2 Corinthians 12:5, 9f.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:17
Luke
5:15; 8:2; 13:11; 13:12
John
5:5; 11:4
Acts
28:9
Romans
6:19; 8:26
1 Corinthians
2:3; 15:43
2 Corinthians
11:30; 12:5; 12:9; 12:9; 13:4
Galatians
4:13
1 Timothy
5:23
Hebrews
4:15; 5:2; 7:28; 11:34

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G769 matches the Greek ἀσθένεια (astheneia),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - So that the word of Isaiah the prophet might come true: He himself took our pains and our diseases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:15 - But news of him went out all the more, in every direction, and great numbers of people came together to give hearing to his words and to be made well from their diseases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2 - And certain women who had been made free from evil spirits and diseases, Mary named Magdalene, from whom seven evil spirits had gone out,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - And there was a woman who had had a disease for eighteen years; she was bent, and was not able to make herself straight.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:12 - And when Jesus saw her, he said to her, Woman, you are made free from your disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:5 - One man was there who had been ill for thirty-eight years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:4 - When this came to his ears, Jesus said, The end of this disease is not death, but the glory of God, so that the Son of God may have glory because of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9 - And when this took place, all the others in the island who had diseases came and were made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am using words in the way of men, because your flesh is feeble: as you gave your bodies as servants to what is unclean, and to evil to do evil, so now give them as servants to righteousness to do what is holy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:26 - And in the same way the Spirit is a help to our feeble hearts: for we are not able to make prayer to God in the right way; but the Spirit puts our desires into words which are not in our power to say;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:3 - And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 - It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:30 - If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:5 - On account of such a one I will have glory: for myself I will take no glory, but only in my feeble body.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9 - And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - For he was feeble in that he was put to death on the cross, but he is living by the power of God. And we are feeble in him, but we will be living with him through the power of God in relation to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:13 - But you have knowledge that with a feeble body I was preaching the good news to you the first time;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23 - Do not take only water as your drink, but take a little wine for the good of your stomach, and because you are frequently ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:15 - For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:2 - He is able to have feeling for those who have no knowledge and for those who are wandering from the true way, because he himself is feeble;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:28 - The law makes high priests of men who are feeble; but the word of the oath, which was made after the law, gives that position to a Son, in whom all good is for ever complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - Put out the power of fire, got safely away from the edge of the sword, were made strong when they had been feeble, became full of power in war, and put to flight the armies of the nations.
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