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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 26 times in 24 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:43

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:43 - ‘I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:44 - “Then they also will answer Him,[fn] saying, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:41 - “Watch and pray, lest you enter 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, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:2 - He sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:9 - “And heal the sick there, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:9 - “If we this day are judged for a good deed done to a helpless man, by what means he has been made well,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:15 - so that they brought the sick out into the streets and laid them on beds and couches, that at least the shadow of Peter passing by might fall on some of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:16 - Also a multitude gathered from the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits, and they were all healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 5:6 - For when we were still without strength, in due time 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 has chosen the foolish things of the world to put to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of the world to put to shame the things which are mighty;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 4:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 4:10 - We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:7 - However, there is not in everyone that knowledge; for some, with consciousness of the idol, until now eat it as a thing offered to an idol; and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:9 - But beware lest somehow this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to those who are weak.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 8:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 8:10 - For if anyone sees you who have knowledge eating in an idol’s temple, will not the conscience of him who is weak be emboldened to eat those things offered to idols?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 9:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:22 - to the weak I became as[fn] weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 11:30 - For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 12:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 12:22 - No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker 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 powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:9 - But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you turn again to the weak and beggarly elements, to which you desire again to be in bondage?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Th 5:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Th 5:14 - Now we exhort you, brethren, warn those who are unruly, comfort the fainthearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:18 - For on the one hand there is an annulling of the former commandment because of its weakness and unprofitableness,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Pe 3:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Pe 3:7 - Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
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