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Lexicon :: Strong's G772 - asthenēs

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ἀσθενής
Transliteration
asthenēs (Key)
Pronunciation
as-then-ace'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and the base of σθενόω (G4599)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:490,83

Strong’s Definitions

ἀσθενής asthenḗs, as-then-ace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599; strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral):—more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G772 in the following manner: weak (12x), sick (6x), weakness (2x), weaker (1x), weak things (1x), impotent (1x), more feeble (1x), without strength (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G772 in the following manner: weak (12x), sick (6x), weakness (2x), weaker (1x), weak things (1x), impotent (1x), more feeble (1x), without strength (1x).

  1. weak, infirm, feeble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσθενής asthenḗs, as-then-ace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599; strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral):—more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
STRONGS G772:
ἀσθενής, -ές, (τὸ σθένος strength), weak, infirm, feeble; [from Pindar down];
a. universally: Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; 1 Peter 3:7; τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ θεοῦ, the act of God in which weakness seems to appear, viz. that the suffering of the cross should be borne by the Messiah, 1 Corinthians 1:25.
b. specifically: contextually, unable to achieve anything great, 1 Corinthians 4:10; destitute of power among men, 1 Corinthians 1:27 [Lachmann brackets]; weaker and inferior, μέλος, 1 Corinthians 12:22; sluggish in doing right, Romans 5:6; lacking in manliness and dignity, 2 Corinthians 10:10; used of the religious systems anterior to Christ, as having no power to promote piety and salvation, Galatians 4:9; Hebrews 7:18; lacking in decision about things lawful and unlawful (see ἀσθενέω), 1 Corinthians 8:7, 9 L T Tr WH, 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:14.
c. of the body, feeble, sick: Matthew 25:39 R G L marginal reading, Matthew 25:43f; Luke 9:2 L Tr brackets; Luke 10:9; Acts 4:9; Acts 5:15; 1 Corinthians 11:30.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:39; 25:43; 26:41
Mark
14:38
Luke
9:2; 10:9
Acts
4:9; 5:15
Romans
5:6
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 4:10; 8:7; 8:9; 8:10; 9:22; 11:30; 12:22
2 Corinthians
10:10
Galatians
4:9
1 Thessalonians
5:14
Hebrews
7:18
1 Peter
3:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G772 matches the Greek ἀσθενής (asthenēs),
which occurs 26 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to you?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 - Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:38 - Watch and pray that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:2 - and he sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:9 - Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:9 - if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a crippled man, by what means this man has been healed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, that as Peter came by at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - The people also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those afflicted with unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:6 - For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - However, not all possess this knowledge. But some, through former association with idols, eat food as really offered to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:9 - But take care that this right of yours does not somehow become a stumbling block to the weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating[fn] in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged,[fn] if his conscience is weak, to eat food offered to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, that by all means I might save some.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - That is why many of you are weak and ill, and some have died.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how can you turn back again to the weak and worthless elementary principles of the world, whose slaves you want to be once more?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:14 - And we urge you, brothers, admonish the idle,[fn] encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with them all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - For on the one hand, a former commandment is set aside because of its weakness and uselessness

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Likewise, husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you[fn] of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.
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