ἀσθενέω astheneō

Greek word for “be weak” · Strong’s G770 · used 33 times in 32 verses

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Meaning

ἀσθενέω, -ῶ; ( ἀσθενής);

Senses in the lexicon

• be weak: ill (19)
• be weak: weak (14)

How it is translated

Glosses given for astheneō in context, with how often each is used:

• ailing 8
• sick 6
• being weak 5
• weak 4
• being sick 2
• may be weak 2
• those ailing 1
• having become sick 1
• ill 1
• having become weak 1
• have been weak! 1
• weak? 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

John 11 (4), 2 Corinthians 13 (3), Matthew 25 (2), John 5 (2), Romans 14 (2), 1 Corinthians 8 (2), 2 Corinthians 11 (2), Philippians 2 (2), Matthew 10 (1), Mark 6 (1)

Forms

• ἀσθενεῖ 5
• ἀσθενοῦντας 4
• ἀσθενῶν 4
• ἀσθενοῦντα 3
• ἠσθένει 3
• ἀσθενούντων 3
• ἠσθένησεν 2
• ἀσθενῶ 2
• ἠσθένησα 1
• ἀσθενήσασαν 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with astheneō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀλείφω aleiphō “to anoint” 2
• ἤ ē “or” 4
• νόσος nosos “illness” 2
• ὅταν hotan “when(-ever)” 3
• Λάζαρος Lazaros “Lazarus” 2
• ἀσθένεια astheneia “weakness” 2
• ἀδελφή adelphē “sister” 2
• κώμη kōmē “village” 2
• δυνατός dunatos “able” 2
• θεραπεύω therapeuō “to serve/heal” 2
• φυλακή phulakē “prison/watch” 2
• Μαρία Maria “Mary” 2

Key verses

The verses using astheneō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• John 4:46 — So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.
• John 11:3 — Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick.
• Acts 20:35 — I have shewed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed…
• Romans 8:3 — For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in…
• Romans 14:1 — Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations.
• 2 Corinthians 11:29 — Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
• 2 Corinthians 12:10 — Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
• 2 Corinthians 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God…
• 2 Corinthians 13:9 — For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
• Philippians 2:26 — For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.
• Philippians 2:27 — For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.
• James 5:14 — Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.