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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

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - Make well those who are ill, give life to the dead, make lepers clean, send evil spirits out of men; freely it has been given to you, freely give.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - I had no clothing, and you gave it to me: when I was ill, or in prison, you came to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - And when did we see you ill, or in prison, and come to you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - And at sundown all those who had anyone ill with any sort of disease, took them to him, and he put his hands on every one of them and made them well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:46 - So he came to Cana in Galilee, where he had made the water wine. And there was a certain man of high position whose son was ill at Capernaum.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these doorways there were a great number of people with different diseases: some unable to see, some without the power of walking, some with wasted bodies.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The ill man said in answer, Sir, I have nobody to put me into the bath when the water is moving; and while I am on the way down some other person gets in before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2 - And a great number of people went after him because they saw the signs which he did on those who were ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - (The Mary whose brother Lazarus was ill, was the Mary who put perfumed oil on the Lord and made his feet dry with her hair.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters sent to him, saying, Lord, your dear friend is ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 - So when the news came to him that Lazarus was ill, he did not go from the place where he was for two days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - And it came about, in those days, that she got ill and came to her death: and when she had been washed, they put her in a room which was high up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - So that bits of linen and clothing from his body were taken to people who were ill, and their diseases went away from them and the evil spirits went out.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I was an example to you of how, in your lives, you are to give help to the feeble, and keep in memory the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, There is a greater blessing in giving than in getting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - And not being feeble in faith though his body seemed to him little better than dead (he being about a hundred years old) and Sarah was no longer able to have children:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 - For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - Do not put on one side him who is feeble in faith, and do not put him in doubt by your reasonings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 - One man has faith to take all things as food: another who is feeble in faith takes only green food.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - And so, through your knowledge, you are the cause of destruction to your brother, for whom Christ underwent death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 - And in this way, doing evil to the brothers, and causing trouble to those whose faith is feeble, you are sinning against Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 - I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

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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 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3 - Seeing that you are looking for a sign of Christ giving out his word in me; who is not feeble in relation to you, but is strong in you:

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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 Box2Co 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - For we are glad when we are feeble and you are strong: and this is our prayer, even that you may be made complete.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - Because his heart was with you all, and he was greatly troubled because you had news that he was ill:

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27 - For in fact he was ill almost to death: but God had mercy on him; and not only on him but on me, so that I might not have grief on grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus was stopping at Corinth; but Trophimus, when I last saw him was at Miletus, ill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone among you ill? let him send for the rulers of the church; and let them say prayers over him, putting oil on him in the name of the Lord.
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