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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 33 times in 32 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:8

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:36 - I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he would go - into villages, towns, or countryside - they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:40

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:40 - As the sun was setting, all those who had any relatives sick with various diseases brought them to Jesus. He placed his hands on every one of them and healed them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:46 - Now he came again to Cana in Galilee where he had made the water wine. In Capernaum there was a certain royal official whose son was sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:3 - A great number of sick, blind, lame, and paralyzed people were lying in these walkways.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:7 - The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:2 - A large crowd was following him because they were observing the miraculous signs he was performing on the sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:2 - (Now it was Mary who anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and wiped his feet dry with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:3 - So the sisters sent a message to Jesus, "Lord, look, the one you love is sick."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:6 - So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he remained in the place where he was for two more days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:37 - At that time she became sick and died. When they had washed her body, they placed it in an upstairs room.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:12 - so that when even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his body were brought to the sick, their diseases left them and the evil spirits went out of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 20:35

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:35 - By all these things, I have shown you that by working in this way we must help the weak, and 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 - Without being weak in faith, he considered his own body as dead (because he was about one 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 God achieved what the law could not do because it was weakened through the flesh. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and concerning sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:1

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:1 - Now receive the one who is weak in the faith, and do not have disputes over differing opinions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 14:2

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:2 - One person believes in eating everything, but the weak person eats only vegetables.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:11 - So by your knowledge the weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:12 - If you sin against your brothers or sisters in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:21 - (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about (I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

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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 led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 12:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:3 - since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:4 - For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God's power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God's power toward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 13:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:9 - For we rejoice whenever we are weak, but you are strong. And we pray for this: that you may become fully qualified.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:26 - Indeed, he greatly missed all of you and was distressed because you heard that he had been ill.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:27 - In fact he became so ill that he nearly died. But God showed mercy to him - and not to him only, but also to me - so that I would not have grief on top of grief.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ti 4:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 4:20 - Erastus stayed in Corinth. Trophimus I left ill in Miletus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:14 - Is anyone among you ill? He should summon the elders of the church, and they should pray for him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.
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