ἀσθενέω
asthenéō · G770 · Greek · 33 occurrences
Meanings
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to be weak, to be unable to, to be limited in
To be in a state of incapacity or weakness
ExamplesActs 20:35 In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.'
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to be sick, to be ill, to be disabled
To be sick and, as a result, in a state of weakness and incapacity
ExamplesMatthew 10:8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those with leprosy, cast out demons. Freely you received, freely give.
How it’s used In 11 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
33 occurrences in 11 groups
- Not stated (participle) 16
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- ἐγώI, we 3
- Not stated: I 3
- Other words · 7 groups that occur once or twice (7) 7
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Τρόφιμοςnutritive 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
5 occurrences in 6 groups
- διάthrough+ σάρξflesh, body, physical body 1
- εἰςto+ σύyou 1
- ἐνin+ ΚαπερναούμCapernaum 1
- ἐνin+ ΜίλητοςMiletus 1
- ἐνin+ ὅςwho, which, that 1
- ἐνin+ αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With adverbsAdverbs
4 occurrences in 3 groups
- οὐnot 2
- καίand 1
- μήnot 1
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Named alongside itApposition
6 occurrences in 6 groups
- ἀδύνατοςimpossible, unable 1
- ΛάζαροςLazarus 1
- τυφλόςblind 1
- ΧριστόςChrist, Messiah 1
- ἀδελφόςbrother 1
- βασιλικόςroyal 1
What it doesIt is the subject
5 occurrences in 5 groups
- γίνομαιto become, to happen, to be 1
- εἰμίto be 1
- ἐσθίωto eat 1
- ἀποκρίνομαιto answer 1
- ἀπόλλυμιto destroy, to perish, to lose 1
What is done to itIt is the object
9 occurrences in 8 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 2
- ἔχωto have 1
- λέγωto say 1
- προσλαμβάνωto receive, to take aside 1
- ἀντιλαμβάνομαιto help 1
- τίθημιto put 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- σύyou 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon 3
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- πλῆθοςmultitude, crowd 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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In the other Testament 2 words
- כָּשַׁל kâshal · H3782 · to stumble, to fall, to stagger
- Greek ἀσθενέω denotes general weakness or feebleness across physical, moral, or metaphorical senses; Hebrew כָּשַׁל emphasizes stumbling, falling, or failure with stronger imagery of structural collapse or losing one's footing, though both share the semantic domain of debilitation and incapacity.
- אָמַל ʼâmal · H535 · to languish, to wither
- Greek ἀσθενέω denotes general weakness or feebleness across physical, moral, or spiritual domains, while Hebrew אָמַל emphasizes the process of languishing or withering, often with connotations of declining strength or vitality over time.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To be sick, to be ill, to be disabled23.144
- Used of physical illness, as of those who were sick and healed by Jesus in Matthew 25:36 and Luke 4:40.
- To be weak, to be unable to, to be limited in74.26
- Used of a general lack of strength or capacity, distinct from bodily illness though drawn from the same root verb.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσθενῶ; imperfect ἠσθενουν; perfect ἠσθένηκα (2 Cor 11:21 L T Tr WH); 1 aorist ἠσθένησα;…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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