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Lexicon :: Strong's G772 - asthenēs

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ἀσθενής
Transliteration
asthenēs (Key)
Pronunciation
as-then-ace'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἄλφα (G1) (as a negative particle) and the base of σθενόω (G4599)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 1:490,83

Strong’s Definitions

ἀσθενής asthenḗs, as-then-ace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599; strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral):—more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's G772 in the following manner: weak (12x), sick (6x), weakness (2x), weaker (1x), weak things (1x), impotent (1x), more feeble (1x), without strength (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's G772 in the following manner: weak (12x), sick (6x), weakness (2x), weaker (1x), weak things (1x), impotent (1x), more feeble (1x), without strength (1x).

  1. weak, infirm, feeble

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀσθενής asthenḗs, as-then-ace'; from G1 (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599; strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral):—more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
STRONGS G772:
ἀσθενής, -ές, (τὸ σθένος strength), weak, infirm, feeble; [from Pindar down];
a. universally: Matthew 26:41; Mark 14:38; 1 Peter 3:7; τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ θεοῦ, the act of God in which weakness seems to appear, viz. that the suffering of the cross should be borne by the Messiah, 1 Corinthians 1:25.
b. specifically: contextually, unable to achieve anything great, 1 Corinthians 4:10; destitute of power among men, 1 Corinthians 1:27 [Lachmann brackets]; weaker and inferior, μέλος, 1 Corinthians 12:22; sluggish in doing right, Romans 5:6; lacking in manliness and dignity, 2 Corinthians 10:10; used of the religious systems anterior to Christ, as having no power to promote piety and salvation, Galatians 4:9; Hebrews 7:18; lacking in decision about things lawful and unlawful (see ἀσθενέω), 1 Corinthians 8:7, 9 L T Tr WH, 1 Corinthians 8:10; 1 Corinthians 9:22; 1 Thessalonians 5:14.
c. of the body, feeble, sick: Matthew 25:39 R G L marginal reading, Matthew 25:43f; Luke 9:2 L Tr brackets; Luke 10:9; Acts 4:9; Acts 5:15; 1 Corinthians 11:30.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
25:39; 25:43; 26:41
Mark
14:38
Luke
9:2; 10:9
Acts
4:9; 5:15
Romans
5:6
1 Corinthians
1:25; 1:27; 4:10; 8:7; 8:9; 8:10; 9:22; 11:30; 12:22
2 Corinthians
10:10
Galatians
4:9
1 Thessalonians
5:14
Hebrews
7:18
1 Peter
3:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G772 matches the Greek ἀσθενής (asthenēs),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:39

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:39 - And when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - Then shall they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:38

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:38 - Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:9 - and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:9 - if we this day are examined concerning a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this man is made whole;

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - insomuch that they even carried out the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that, as Peter came by, at the least his shadow might overshadow some one of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - And there also came together the multitude from the cities round about Jerusalem, bringing sick folk, and them that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:6 - For while we were yet weak, in due season Christ died for the ungodly.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:25 - Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:27 - but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - Howbeit there is not in all men that knowledge: but some, being used until now to the idol, eat as of a thing sacrificed to an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if a man see thee who hast knowledge sitting at meat in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, if he is weak, be emboldened to eat things sacrificed to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - To the weak I became weak, that I might gain the weak: I am become all things to all men, that I may by all means save some.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - Nay, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 10:10 - For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:14 - And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, support the weak, be longsuffering toward all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - For there is a disannulling of a foregoing commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Ye husbands, in like manner, dwell with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor unto the woman, as unto the weaker vessel, as being also joint-heirs of the grace of life; to the end that your prayers be not hindered.
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