Strong's Greek · G772

ἀσθενής

asthenḗs

more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weak(-er, -ness, thing)

Definition

strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)

Derivation

from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599 (σθενόω);

Appears 26 times in Scripture

Luke 9:2

And He sent them out to proclaim the kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

Romans 5:6

For at just the right time, while we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly.

Matthew 25:43

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 look after Me.’

Luke 10:9

Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’

Matthew 26:41

“Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

Acts 5:16

Crowds also gathered from the towns around Jerusalem, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, and all of them were healed.

Matthew 25:44

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?’

Acts 5:15

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.

Acts 4:9

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

Mark 14:38

Watch and pray so that you will not enter into temptation. For the spirit is willing, but the body is weak.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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