Word

ἀσθένεια

asthéneia · G769 · Greek · 24 occurrences

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Meanings

incapacity, weakness, limitation

A state of incapacity to do or experience something

Examples
Romans 6:19 I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. For just as you presented the parts of your body as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness, resulting in further lawlessness, so now present your body’s parts as slaves to righteousness, resulting in sanctification.
Romans 8:26 Now in the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know what to pray for as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;
1 Corinthians 15:43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;
illness, disability, weakness

The state of being ill and thus incapacitated in some manner

Examples
Matthew 8:17 This happened so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet would be fulfilled: “HE HIMSELF TOOK OUR ILLNESSES AND CARRIED AWAY OUR DISEASES.”
Luke 5:15 But the news about Him was spreading even farther, and large crowds were gathering to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
Luke 8:2 and also some women who had been healed of evil spirits and sicknesses: Mary who was called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
timidity, being fearful

(A figurative extension of meaning of ἀσθένεια ‘weakness,’) A state of timidity resulting from a lack of confidence

Examples
1 Corinthians 2:3 I also was with you in weakness and fear, and in great trembling,

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

11 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐγώI, we 5
σάρξflesh, body, physical body 2
σύyou 2
αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

2 occurrences in 2 groups

οὗτοςthis 1
πυκνόςoften 1

What is done to itIt is the object

5 occurrences in 4 groups

ἔχωto have 2
καυχάομαιto boast 1
λαμβάνωto receive, to take 1
περίκειμαιto be bound with, to surround 1

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θάνατοςdeath 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

κἀγώI too 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

14 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐνin 11
διάthrough 6
ἀπόfrom 6
ἐκfrom 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ὁthe (definite article) 1
πνεῦμαspirit 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Contrasting words 1 word

δύναμις dýnamis · G1411 · ability, capability, power: The target, ἀσθένεια ('weakness, illness, limitation'), and δύναμις ('power, ability') form a genuine lexical antonym pair centered on the dimension of capacity — incapacity or limitation standing opposed to power or capability. Scripture itself sets the two terms in explicit antithetical constructions in places, supporting this identification as a true lexical opposition rather than merely a narrative or thematic contrast.

Semantic domains 3 entries

Illness, disability, weakness23.143: Used of physical sickness, as of the infirmities Jesus heals in fulfillment of Isaiah's prophecy in Matthew 8:17.
Timidity, being fearful25.269: Used of the disabling effect of fear or timidity as a distinct nuance within the same general semantic range as physical weakness.
Incapacity, weakness, limitation74.23: Used of a general incapacity or limitation, as of the spirit caused by the woman's eighteen-year affliction in Luke 13:11.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

σθενόω sthenóō · G4599 · to make more able, to strengthen · 1×ἀσθενέω asthenéō · G770 · to be weak, to be unable to, to be limited in · 33×ἀσθενής asthenḗs · G772 · weak, unable, morally weak · 25×ἀσθένειαasthéneia · G769ἀσθένημα asthénēma · G771 · weakness, case of weakness · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσθενείας, ἡ (ἀσθενής) (from Herodotus down), want of strength, weakness, infirmity; a.…

ἀσθενείας, ἡ (ἀσθενής) (from Herodotus down), want of strength, weakness, infirmity;
a. of Body; α. its native weakness and frailty: 1 Cor 15:43; 2 Cor 13:4. β. feebleness of health; sickness: Jn 5:5; Jn 11:4; Lk 13:11, Lk 13:12; Gal 4:13 (ἀσθένεια τῆς σαρκός); Heb 11:34; in plural: Mt 8:17; Lk 5:15; Lk 8:2; Acts 28:9; 1 Tim 5:23.
b. of Soul; want of the strength and capacity requisite α. to understand a thing: Rom 6:19 (where ἀσθένειαν τῆς σαρκός denotes the weakness of human nature). β. to do things great and glorious, as want of human wisdom, of skill in speaking, in the management of men: 1 Cor 2:3. γ. to restrain corrupt desires; proclivity to sin: Heb 5:2; Heb 7:28; plural the various kinds of this proclivity, Heb 4:15. δ. to bear trials and troubles: Rom 8:26 (where read τῇ ἀσθένεια for Rec. ταῖς ἀσθενείαις); 2 Cor 11:30; 2 Cor 12:9; plural the mental (?) states in which this weakness manifests itself: 2 Cor 12:5, 2 Cor 12:9f.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 3 entries

Sickness, Disease, Weakness10 occurrences Fear, Terror, Alarm1 occurrence Able, Capable13 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0