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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)
Dictionary Aids

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.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:8 -

“Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy,[fn] drive out demons. Freely you received, freely give.

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 -

“I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you took care of me; I was in prison and you visited me.’

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 -

“When did we see you sick, or in prison, and visit you? ’

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 -

Wherever he went, into villages, towns, or the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch just the end of his robe. And everyone who touched it was healed.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 -

When the sun was setting, all those who had anyone sick with various diseases brought them to him. As he laid his hands on each one of them, he healed them.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:46 -

He went again to Cana of Galilee, where he had turned the water into wine. There was a certain royal official whose son was ill at Capernaum.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 -

Within these lay a large number of the disabled ​— ​blind, lame, and paralyzed.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 -

“Sir,” the disabled man answered, “I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up, but while I’m coming, someone goes down ahead of me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2 -

A huge crowd was following him because they saw the signs that he was performing by healing the sick.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 -

Now a man was sick ​— ​Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 -

Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick.

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 -

So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 -

So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 -

About that time she became sick and died. After washing her, they placed her in a room upstairs.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 -

so that even facecloths or aprons[fn] that had touched his skin were brought to the sick, and the diseases left them, and the evil spirits came out of them.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 -

“In every way I’ve shown you that it is necessary to help the weak by laboring like this and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, because he said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:19 -

He did not weaken in faith when he considered[fn] his own body to be already dead (since he was about a hundred years old) and also the deadness of Sarah’s womb.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:3 -

For what the law could not do since it was weakened by the flesh, God did. He condemned sin in the flesh by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh as a sin offering,[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 -

Welcome anyone who is weak in faith, but don’t argue about disputed matters.

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 -

One person believes he may eat anything, while one who is weak eats only vegetables.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 -

So the weak person, the brother or sister for whom Christ died, is ruined[fn] by your knowledge.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 -

Now when you sin like this against brothers and sisters and wound their weak conscience, you are sinning against Christ.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 -

I say this to our shame: We have been too weak for that!

But in whatever anyone dares to boast ​— ​I am talking foolishly ​— ​I also dare:

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:29 -

Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 -

So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3 -

since you seek proof of Christ speaking in me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but powerful among you.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 -

For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God’s power.

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 -

We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 -

since he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you heard that he was sick.

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27 -

Indeed, he was so sick that he nearly died. However, God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, so that I would not have sorrow upon sorrow.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 -

Erastus has remained at Corinth; I left Trophimus sick at Miletus.

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 -

Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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