Strong G772G772Gἀσθενής
weak
One of the 2 senses of Strong G772
- Transliteration
- asthenēs
- Pronunciation
- as-then-ace'
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀσθενής -ές
(ἀ- neg., σθένος, strength), [in LXX for עָנִי, etc.;]
without strength, weak, feeble: 1Co.1:27 4:10 12:22, 2Co.10:10, Gal.4:9, 1Th.5:14, Heb.7:18, 1Pe.3:7. Rhetorically, τό ἀ. τ. θεοῦ, God's action of apparent weakness: 1Co.1:25; of bodily debility, sick, sickly: Mat.25:39 (Rec.) Mat.25:43-44, Luk.9:2 (Rec.) Luk.10:9, Act.4:9 5:15-16 In moral and spiritual sense (MM, see word; Cremer, 526), Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, Rom.5:6, 1Co.8:7 8:9-10 9:22 11:30.†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., σθένος, strength), [in LXX for עָנִי, etc.;]
without strength, weak, feeble: 1Co.1:27 4:10 12:22, 2Co.10:10, Gal.4:9, 1Th.5:14, Heb.7:18, 1Pe.3:7. Rhetorically, τό ἀ. τ. θεοῦ, God's action of apparent weakness: 1Co.1:25; of bodily debility, sick, sickly: Mat.25:39 (Rec.) Mat.25:43-44, Luk.9:2 (Rec.) Luk.10:9, Act.4:9 5:15-16 In moral and spiritual sense (MM, see word; Cremer, 526), Mat.26:41, Mrk.14:38, Rom.5:6, 1Co.8:7 8:9-10 9:22 11:30.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G772G appears in 17 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- weak10
- weakness2
- feeble1
- impotent1
- strength1
- thing1
- weaker1
First verses
- Matthew 26:41Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
- Mark 14:38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak.
- Acts 4:9If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
- Romans 5:6For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.
- 1 Corinthians 1:25Because the foolishness of God is wiser than men; and the weakness of God is stronger than men.
- 1 Corinthians 1:27But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;
- 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
- 1 Corinthians 8:7Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.
- 1 Corinthians 8:10For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol’s temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;
- 1 Corinthians 9:22To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
- 1 Corinthians 12:22Nay, much more those members of the body, which seem to be more feeble, are necessary:
- 2 Corinthians 10:10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- Galatians 4:9But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?
- 1 Thessalonians 5:14Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
- Hebrews 7:18For there is verily a disannulling of the commandment going before for the weakness and unprofitableness thereof.
- 1 Peter 3:7Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving honour unto the wife, as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life; that your prayers be not hindered.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσθεν-ής, ές,
without strength, weak,
1 in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12; ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.55, etc.; ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.165; ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4)]; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134)]; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.54)]. adverb ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659e, compare “OGI” 751.8 (Amblada, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 in mind, and the like, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61.)]
3 in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.ά, compare 1.58; τέχνη δ᾽ ἀνάγκης -εστέρα μακρῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 514; πόλιν ἑνὸς -εστέραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1033; εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.15.)]
4 in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.88: _absolutely_, ὅ τ᾽ ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 433)]; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.30, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.2.)]
5 insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95)]; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1011)]; of streams, petty, small, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25)]; of fluids, of small specific gravity, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.23)]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.120)]. adverb -νῶς feebly, without energy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528b)]; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus)]Praef.: comparative ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e;)] -έστερον [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 172b;)] -έστερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141.)]
without strength, weak,
1 in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.135, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 12; ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 1.55, etc.; ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.165; ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 4)]; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.134)]; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.54)]. adverb ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659e, compare “OGI” 751.8 (Amblada, 2nd c.BC).)]
2 in mind, and the like, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.61.)]
3 in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.9.ά, compare 1.58; τέχνη δ᾽ ἀνάγκης -εστέρα μακρῷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 514; πόλιν ἑνὸς -εστέραν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1033; εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.15.)]
4 in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.88: _absolutely_, ὅ τ᾽ ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 433)]; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.30, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.2.)]
5 insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.95)]; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1011)]; of streams, petty, small, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25)]; of fluids, of small specific gravity, [Refs ([prev. author] 3.23)]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.120)]. adverb -νῶς feebly, without energy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 528b)]; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus)]Praef.: comparative ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 255e;)] -έστερον [Refs ([prev. author] “Chrm.” 172b;)] -έστερα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.141.)]