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Lexicon :: Strong's G769 - astheneia

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ἀσθένεια
Transliteration
astheneia (Key)
Pronunciation
as-then'-i-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:490,83

Strong’s Definitions

ἀσθένεια asthéneia, as-then'-i-ah; from G772; feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty:—disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's G769 in the following manner: infirmity (17x), weakness (5x), disease (1x), sickness (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's G769 in the following manner: infirmity (17x), weakness (5x), disease (1x), sickness (1x).

  1. want of strength, weakness, infirmity

    1. of the body

      1. its native weakness and frailty

      2. feebleness of health or sickness

    2. of the soul

      1. want of strength and capacity requisite

        1. to understand a thing

        2. to do things great and glorious

        3. to restrain corrupt desires

        4. to bear trials and troubles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσθένεια asthéneia, as-then'-i-ah; from G772; feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty:—disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
STRONGS G769:
ἀσθένεια, -ας, ἡ, (ἀσθενής), [from Herodotus down], want of strength, weakness, infirmity;
a. of Body;
α. its native weakness and frailty: 1 Corinthians 15:43; 2 Corinthians 13:4.
β. feebleness of health; sickness: John 5:5; John 11:4; Luke 13:11, 12; Galatians 4:13 (ἀσθένεια τῆς σαρκός); Hebrews 11:34; in plural: Matthew 8:17; Luke 5:15; Luke 8:2; Acts 28:9; 1 Timothy 5:23.
b. of Soul; want of the strength and capacity requisite
α. to understand a thing: Romans 6:19 (where ἀσθ. σαρκός denotes the weakness of human nature).
β. to do things great and glorious, as want of human wisdom, of skill in speaking, in the management of men: 1 Corinthians 2:3.
γ. to restrain corrupt desires; proclivity to sin: Hebrews 5:2; Hebrews 7:28; plural the various kinds of this proclivity, Hebrews 4:15.
δ. to bear trials and troubles: Romans 8:26 (where read τῇ ἀσθενείᾳ for Rec. ταῖς ἀσθενείαις); 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 12:9; plural the mental [?] states in which this weakness manifests itself: 2 Corinthians 12:5, 9f.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
8:17
Luke
5:15; 8:2; 13:11; 13:12
John
5:5; 11:4
Acts
28:9
Romans
6:19; 8:26
1 Corinthians
2:3; 15:43
2 Corinthians
11:30; 12:5; 12:9; 12:9; 13:4
Galatians
4:13
1 Timothy
5:23
Hebrews
4:15; 5:2; 7:28; 11:34

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G769 matches the Greek ἀσθένεια (astheneia),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:17 - This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and bore our diseases.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:15 - Yet the news about him spread all the more, so that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:2 - and also some women who had been cured of evil spirits and diseases: Mary (called Magdalene) from whom seven demons had come out;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:11 - and a woman was there who had been crippled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was bent over and could not straighten up at all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:12 - When Jesus saw her, he called her forward and said to her, “Woman, you are set free from your infirmity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:5 - One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:4 - When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:9 - When this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 6:19

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 6:19 - I am using an example from everyday life because of your human limitations. Just as you used to offer yourselves as slaves to impurity and to ever-increasing wickedness, so now offer yourselves as slaves to righteousness leading to holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 8:26 - In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 2:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 2:3 - I came to you in weakness with great fear and trembling.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 15:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:43 - it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:30 - If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:5 - I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9 - But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - For to be sure, he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by God’s power. Likewise, we are weak in him, yet by God’s power we will live with him in our dealing with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:13 - As you know, it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 5:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 5:23 - Stop drinking only water, and use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:15 - For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 5:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 5:2 - He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he himself is subject to weakness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:28 - For the law appoints as high priests men in all their weakness; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the fury of the flames, and escaped the edge of the sword; whose weakness was turned to strength; and who became powerful in battle and routed foreign armies.
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