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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 57 times in 54 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Jdg 16:7–Nah 2:5)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:7 - Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:11 - He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 16:17 - So he told her everything. “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:4 - “The bows of the warriors are broken, but those who stumbled are armed with strength.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 2:5 - Those who were full hire themselves out for food, but those who were hungry are hungry no more. She who was barren has borne seven children, but she who has had many sons pines away.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:1 - The war between the house of Saul and the house of David lasted a long time. David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:26 - Their people, drained of power, are dismayed and put to shame. They are like plants in the field, like tender green shoots, like grass sprouting on the roof, scorched before it grows up.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:15 - The men designated by name took the prisoners, and from the plunder they clothed all who were naked. They provided them with clothes and sandals, food and drink, and healing balm. All those who were weak they put on donkeys. So they took them back to their fellow Israelites at Jericho, the City of Palms, and returned to Samaria.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:4 - Your words have supported those who stumbled; you have strengthened faltering knees.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 28:4 - Far from human dwellings they cut a shaft, in places untouched by human feet; far from other people they dangle and sway.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 9:3 - My enemies turn back; they stumble and perish before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:36

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:36 - You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:1 - Of David. Vindicate me, LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD and have not faltered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 27:2 - When the wicked advance against me to devour[fn] me, it is my enemies and my foes who will stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:10 - My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction,[fn] and my bones grow weak.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:7 - Let them vanish like water that flows away; when they draw the bow, let their arrows fall short.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 68:9 - You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 88:9 - my eyes are dim with grief. I call to you, LORD, every day; I spread out my hands to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:12 - So he subjected them to bitter labor; they stumbled, and there was no one to help.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees give way from fasting; my body is thin and gaunt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:16 - for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again, but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 7:4 - Say to him, ‘Be careful, keep calm and don’t be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood—because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and of the son of Remaliah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - The bed is too short to stretch out on, the blanket too narrow to wrap around you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:4 - Brought low, you will speak from the ground; your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will come ghostlike from the earth; out of the dust your speech will whisper.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:4 - The fearful heart will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will be fluent and clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:12 - The blacksmith takes a tool and works with it in the coals; he shapes an idol with hammers, he forges it with the might of his arm. He gets hungry and loses his strength; he drinks no water and grows faint.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 6:21 - Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will put obstacles before this people. Parents and children alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 18:15 - Yet my people have forgotten me; they burn incense to worthless idols, which made them stumble in their ways, in the ancient paths. They made them walk in byways, on roads not built up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:6 - “The swift cannot flee nor the strong escape. In the north by the River Euphrates they stumble and fall.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:12 - The nations will hear of your shame; your cries will fill the earth. One warrior will stumble over another; both will fall down together.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:16 - They will stumble repeatedly; they will fall over each other. They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back to our own people and our native lands, away from the sword of the oppressor.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:32 - The arrogant one will stumble and fall and no one will help her up; I will kindle a fire in her towns that will consume all who are around her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:14 - “My sins have been bound into a yoke[fn]; by his hands they were woven together. They have been hung on my neck, and the Lord has sapped my strength. He has given me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 2:8 - The LORD determined to tear down the wall around Daughter Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withhold his hand from destroying. He made ramparts and walls lament; together they wasted away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 5:13 - Young men toil at the millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:6 - and it sprouted and became a low, spreading vine. Its branches turned toward him, but its roots remained under it. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out leafy boughs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:15 - So that hearts may melt with fear and the fallen be many, I have stationed the sword for slaughter[fn] at all their gates. Look! It is forged to strike like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 34:4 - You have not strengthened the weak or healed the sick or bound up the injured. You have not brought back the strays or searched for the lost. You have ruled them harshly and brutally.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:14 - “In those times many will rise against the king of the South. Those who are violent among your own people will rebel in fulfillment of the vision, but without success.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:19 - After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own country but will stumble and fall, to be seen no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:33 - “Those who are wise will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by the sword or be burned or captured or plundered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:34 - When they fall, they will receive a little help, and many who are not sincere will join them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:35 - Some of the wise will stumble, so that they may be refined, purified and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 11:41 - He will also invade the Beautiful Land. Many countries will fall, but Edom, Moab and the leaders of Ammon will be delivered from his hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 4:5 - You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 5:5 - Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin; Judah also stumbles with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 11:6 - A sword will flash in their cities; it will devour their false prophets and put an end to their plans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:1 - Return, Israel, to the LORD your God. Your sins have been your downfall!

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Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHos 14:9 - Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the LORD are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:5 - Nineveh summons her picked troops, yet they stumble on their way. They dash to the city wall; the protective shield is put in place.

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