ἀσθένεια astheneia · G0769H
weakness: ill
ἀσθένεια, -ας, ἡ; (ἀσθενής), [in LXX for כָּשַׁל, etc. ; ] ; weakness, frailty, sickness: Luk.13:11-12, Jhn.11:4, Act.28:9, Rom.6:19 8:26, 2Co.11:30 13:4, Gal.4:13 (MM, see word), Heb.5:2 7:28 11:34; ἐν ἀ., Jhn.5:5, 1Co.2:3 15:43, 2Co.12:9; pl., Mat.8:17, Luk.5:15 8:2, 2Co.12:5 12:9-10, 1Ti.5:23, Heb.4:15.†; SYN.: μαλακία, νόσος (see DB, iii, 323a) (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
ἀσθέν-εια, ἡ, ; want of strength, weakness, []; especially feebleness, sickliness, []; 2 disease, sickness, []; δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν[]; 3 ἀ. βίου poverty, []; 4 in moral sense, feebleness, weakness, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως[] to be weak, feeble, sickly, ἀ. μέλη to be weak in limb, []; ἀ. ἀσθένειαν []; ἠσθένησε he fell sick, []sick man, []; ἠσθενηκότα[]; 2 to be needy, []; ἠσθενηκότες, of those unable to pay taxes, []; 3 with infinitive, to be too weak to do a thing, not to be able.., []; 4 decline, …
Where it's used 9 times
Matthew 8:17 · Luke 5:15 · Luke 8:2 · Luke 13:11 · Luke 13:12 · John 5:5 · John 11:4 · Acts 28:9 · 1 Timothy 5:23
Source: TBESG G0769H; TFLSJ G0769H
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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