Strong G772G772Hἀσθενής
weak: ill
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 G772H appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- sick4
- folk1
First verses
- Matthew 25:43I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
- Matthew 25:44Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
- Luke 10:9And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.
- Acts 5:15Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them.
- Acts 5:16There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing sick folks, and them which were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed every one.
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Word family
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.)]