Greek adjective · G772
ἀσθενής
asthenesas-then-ace'
weak: ill
26 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: asthenḗs
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G772is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G772
strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
The King James renders it: more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing).
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
asthenes is rendered "weak: ill". It stands 26 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Eleven of the uses stand in 1 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 25:43I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
Matthew 25:43ἀσθενὴς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Eleven of the word's twenty-six uses are in 1 Corinthians.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- weak13
- sick6
- weakness2
- ailing1
- weak things1
- weaker1
- with a weaker1
- without strength1
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 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 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
- ἀσθενεῖς7
- ἀσθενὴς4
- ἀσθενῆ3
- ἀσθενὲς2
- ἀσθενέσιν2
- ἀσθενοῦς2
- ἀσθενῶν2
- ἀσθενέστερα1
- ἀσθενεστέρῳ1
- ἀσθενής1
- ἀσθενής.¶1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural5A-APM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singular4A-NSF
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural2A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular2A-ASM
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural2A-DPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural2A-GPM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2A-GSM
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2A-NPM
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular1A-ASN
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singular1A-DSN-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN-C
- adjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1A-NSM
Matthew
three uses
I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, I was naked and you did not clothe Me, I was sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
- ἀσθενὴςasthenesadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sick
And they too will reply, ‘Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You?’
- ἀσθενῆastheneadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: sick
“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- ἀσθενής.¶asthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weak
Mark
one use
Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”
- ἀσθενήςasthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weak
Luke
two uses
And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sick
Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sick
Acts
three uses
If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,
- ἀσθενοῦςasthenousadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: ailing
As a result, people brought the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that at least Peter’s shadow might fall on some of them as he passed by.
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sick
Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: sick
Romans
one use
For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.
- ἀσθενῶνasthenonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: without strength
1 Corinthians
eleven uses
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.
- ἀσθενὲςasthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: weakness
But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- ἀσθενῆastheneadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: weak things
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.
- ἀσθενὴςasthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weak
Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
- ἀσθενέσινasthenesinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?
- ἀσθενοῦςasthenousadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: weak
To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people so that by all possible means I might save some.
- ἀσθενέσινasthenesinadjective · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
- ἀσθενὴςasthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: weak
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.
- ἀσθενεῖςastheneisadjective · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,
- ἀσθενέστεραasthenesteraadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: weaker
2 Corinthians
one use
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
- ἀσθενὴςasthenesadjective · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: weak
Galatians
one use
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
- ἀσθενῆastheneadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: weak
1 Thessalonians
one use
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- ἀσθενῶνasthenonadjective · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: weak
Hebrews
one use
So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless
- ἀσθενὲςasthenesadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: weakness
1 Peter
one use
Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.
- ἀσθενεστέρῳasthenesteroadjective · dative (“to / for”) · neuter singulartagged: with a weaker
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 words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
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.