ἀσθενέω astheneō · G0770G
be weak: weak
ἀσθενέω, -ῶ; ( ἀσθενής) [in LXX chiefly for כָּשַׁל ; ] ; to be weak, feeble: Act.20:35, Rom.8:3, 2Co.11:21 12:10 13:4 13:9; with dative, πίστει (Cremer, 527), Rom.4:19 14:1; same implied, Rom.14:2, 21, 1Co.8:11-12, 2Co.11:29; εἰς, 2Co.13:3. Specif., of bodily debility, to be sick: Mat.25:36, 39, Luk.4:40, Jhn.4:46 5:3, 7 5:13 11:1-3, 6 Act.9:37, Php.2:26-27, 2Ti.4:20, Jas.5:14; οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, the sick: Mat.10:8 (MM, see word), Mrk.6:56, Luk.9:2, Act.19:12.†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
Included with: 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 …
Where it's used 15 times
Acts 20:35 · Romans 4:19 · Romans 8:3 · Romans 14:1 · Romans 14:2 · Romans 14:21 · 1 Corinthians 8:11 · 1 Corinthians 8:12 · 2 Corinthians 11:21 · 2 Corinthians 11:29 · 2 Corinthians 12:10 · 2 Corinthians 13:3 · 2 Corinthians 13:4 · 2 Corinthians 13:9 … and 1 more
Source: TBESG G0770G; TFLSJ G0770G
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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