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Lexicon :: Strong's G770 - astheneō

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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 36 times in 35 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 - Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely ye received, freely give.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - naked, and ye clothed me; I was sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wheresoever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:10 - And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:2 - And he sent them forth to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:46 - He came therefore again unto Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - In these lay a multitude of them that were sick, blind, halt, withered, [fn]waiting for the moving of the water:

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2 - And a great multitude followed him, because they beheld the signs which he did on them that were sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - And it was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - The sisters therefore sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 - When therefore he heard that he was sick, he abode at that time two days in the place where he was.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - And it came to pass in those days, that she fell sick, and died: and when they had washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - insomuch that unto the sick were carried away from his body handkerchiefs or aprons, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - In all things I gave you an example, that so laboring ye ought to help the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 - And without being weakened in faith he considered his own body now as good as dead (he being about a hundred years old), and the deadness of Sarah’s womb;

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - But him that is weak in faith receive ye, yet not for decision of scruples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 - One man hath faith to eat all things: but he that is weak eateth herbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:21 - It is good not to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor to do anything whereby thy brother stumbleth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:9 - But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to the weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - For through thy knowledge he that is weak perisheth, the brother for whose sake Christ died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 - And thus, sinning against the brethren, and wounding their conscience when it is weak, ye sin against Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 - I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 - Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3 - seeing that ye seek a proof of Christ that speaketh in me; who to you-ward is not weak, but is powerful in you:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - for he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him through the power of God toward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - For we rejoice, when we are weak, and ye are strong: this we also pray for, even your perfecting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - since he longed after you all, and was sore troubled, because ye had heard that he was sick:

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27 - for indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, that I might not have sorrow upon sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus remained at Corinth: but Trophimus I left at Miletus sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is any among you sick? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:
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