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ἀσθενέω

astheneōbe weak: weakHow to read Greek
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Definition

ἀσθενέω, -ῶ

( ἀσθενής) [in LXX chiefly for כָּשַׁל ;]

to be weak, feeble: Acts 20:35, Romans 8:3, 2 Corinthians 11:21; 12:10; 13:4; 13:9; with dative, πίστει (Cremer, 527), Romans 4:19; 14:1; same implied, Romans 14:2, 21, 1 Corinthians 8:11-12, 2 Corinthians 11:29; εἰς, 2 Corinthians 13:3. Specif., of bodily debility, to be sick: Matthew 25:36, 39, Luke 4:40, John 4:46; 5:3, 7; 5:13; 11:1-3, 6, Acts 9:37, Philippians 2:26-27, 2 Timothy 4:20, James 5:14; οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, the sick: Matthew 10:8 (MM, see word), Mark 6:56, Luke 9:2, Acts 19:12.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

33 total
  1. Matthew 10:8ἀσθενοῦντας · the sick
    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.
  2. Matthew 25:36ἠσθένησα · I was sick
    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’
  3. Matthew 25:39ἀσθενοῦντα · sick
    When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’
  4. Mark 6:56ἀσθενοῦντας · sick
    And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.
  5. Luke 4:40ἀσθενοῦντας · ill
    At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
  6. John 4:46ἠσθένει · lay sick
    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.
  7. John 5:3ἀσθενούντων · sick
    On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.
  8. John 5:7ἀσθενῶν · invalid
    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
  9. John 6:2ἀσθενούντων · sick
    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.
  10. John 11:1ἀσθενῶν · sick
    At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
  11. John 11:2ἠσθένει · was sick
    (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)
  12. John 11:3ἀσθενεῖ · is sick
    So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
  13. John 11:6ἀσθενεῖ · [Lazarus] was sick
    So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,
  14. Acts 9:37ἀσθενήσασαν · she became sick
    At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.
  15. Acts 19:12ἀσθενοῦντας · sick
    …so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
  16. Acts 20:35ἀσθενούντων · weak
    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
  17. Romans 4:19ἀσθενήσας · weakening
    Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.
  18. Romans 8:3ἠσθένει · it was weakened
    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,
  19. Romans 14:1ἀσθενοῦντα · is weak
    Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.
  20. Romans 14:2ἀσθενῶν · who is weak
    For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.
  21. 1 Corinthians 8:11ἀσθενῶν · weak
    So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
  22. 1 Corinthians 8:12ἀσθενοῦσαν · weak
    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
  23. 2 Corinthians 11:21ἠσθενήκαμεν · were too weak [for that]
    To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
  24. 2 Corinthians 11:29ἀσθενεῖ · is weak; ἀσθενῶ · I am not weak
    Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?
  25. 2 Corinthians 12:10ἀσθενῶ · I am weak
    That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
  26. 2 Corinthians 13:3ἀσθενεῖ · is not weak
    …since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.
  27. 2 Corinthians 13:4ἀσθενοῦμεν · weak
    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.
  28. 2 Corinthians 13:9ἀσθενῶμεν · are weak
    In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
  29. Philippians 2:26ἠσθένησεν · he was ill
    For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.
  30. Philippians 2:27ἠσθένησεν · He was sick
    He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.
  31. 2 Timothy 4:20ἀσθενοῦντα · sick
    Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.
  32. James 5:14ἀσθενεῖ · sick
    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.