Greek noun (feminine) · G769
ἀσθένεια
astheneiaas-then'-i-ah
weakness: ill
24 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: asthéneia
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G769is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 10 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G769
feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty
The King James renders it: disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
astheneia is rendered "weakness: ill". It stands 24 times in the Greek text, across ten books.
- Six of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 8:17This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
Matthew 8:17ἀσθενείας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's twenty-four uses are in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- weakness11
- weaknesses4
- infirmities3
- sickness2
- ailments1
- infirmity1
- of infirmity1
- sicknesses1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀσθενείας8
- ἀσθενείᾳ5
- ἀσθενείαις4
- ἀσθένειαν4
- ἀσθενειῶν2
- ἀσθένεια1
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular5N-DSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular5N-GSF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular4N-ASF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural4N-DPF
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural3N-APF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural2N-GPF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Matthew
one use
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: infirmities
Luke
four uses
But the news about Jesus spread all the more, and great crowds came to hear Him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
- ἀσθενειῶνastheneionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: sicknesses
as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
- ἀσθενειῶνastheneionnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluraltagged: infirmities
and a woman there had been disabled by a spirit for eighteen years. She was hunched over and could not stand up straight.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of infirmity
When Jesus saw her, He called her over and said, “Woman, you are set free from your disability.”
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: sickness
John
two uses
One man there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years.
- ἀσθενείᾳastheneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: infirmity
When Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
- ἀσθένειαastheneianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: sickness
Acts
one use
After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: infirmities
Romans
two uses
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
- ἀσθένειανastheneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words.
- ἀσθενείᾳastheneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
1 Corinthians
two uses
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
- ἀσθενείᾳastheneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
- ἀσθενείᾳastheneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
2 Corinthians
six uses
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
- ἀσθενείαιςastheneiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: weaknesses
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
- ἀσθενείᾳastheneianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
- ἀσθενείαιςastheneiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: weaknesses
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.
- ἀσθενείαιςastheneiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: weaknesses
For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
Galatians
one use
You know that it was because of an illness that I first preached the gospel to you.
- ἀσθένειανastheneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
1 Timothy
one use
Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: ailments
Hebrews
four uses
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.
- ἀσθενείαιςastheneiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: weaknesses
He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.
- ἀσθένειανastheneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.
- ἀσθένειανastheneiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.
- ἀσθενείαςastheneiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: weakness
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.