G772: ἀσθενής (asthenḗs)

Quick Definition

ἀσθενής, ές Adj weak, infirm, sick

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and the base of 4599; strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)

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

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀσθενής (G0772)

adjc. | -ές | ἀ- + σθενόω

74.25 · Able, Capable

weak, unable (derivative of ἀσθένεια[a] ‘weakness,’ 74.23) pertaining to a state of limited capacity to do or be something

MAT 26:41 · MRK 14:38 · 1CO 4:10 · 1CO 9:22 · 1CO 9:22 · 1CO 9:22 · GAL 4:9

88.117 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging

morally weak, without moral strength pertaining to being morally weak and hence incapable of doing good It is also possible to understand ἀσθενής in ROM 5:6 as a helpless condition rather than moral weakness (see ἀσθενής[d] 22.3).

ROM 5:6 · 1CO 8:7 · 1CO 8:9 · 1CO 8:10 · 1TH 5:14

23.145 · Physiological Processes and States · Sickness, Disease, Weakness

sick, ill, weak, disabled pertaining to being ill and, as a result, weak and incapacitated

MAT 25:43 · MAT 25:44 · LUK 9:2 · LUK 10:9 · ACT 4:9 · ACT 5:15 · ACT 5:16 · 1CO 11:30

22.3 · Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances · Trouble, Hardship, Distress

helpless, helpless condition pertaining to a state of helplessness in view of circumstances The meaning of ‘helpless’ may be expressed in some languages as ‘when we could not do anything about it.’ For another interpretation of ἀσθενής in ROM 5:6, see ἀσθενής[b] 88.117.

ROM 5:6

79.69 · Features of Objects · Strong, Weak

weak pertaining to being physically weak Such a literal translation of this expression in 1PE 3:7, however, may be misleading, for in general τῷ γυναικείῳ is interpreted as a reference to one’s wife. Therefore, one may translate as ‘treating with respect one’s wife as the physically weaker partner’ or ‘... as of the weaker sex.’

1CO 1:25 · 1CO 1:27 · 1CO 11:30 · 1CO 12:22 · 2CO 10:10 · HEB 7:18 · 1PE 3:7

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀσθενής, -és, (τὸ σθένος strength), weak, infirm, feeble : (fr. Pind. down]; a. univ.: Mt. xxvi.41; Mk. xiv. 38; 1 Pet. iii. 7; τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ θεοῦ, the act of God in which weakness seems to appear, viz. that the suffering of the cross should be borne by the Messiah,1 Co. i. 25. Ὁ. spec.: contextually, unable to achieve anything great, 1 Co. iv. 10; destitute of power among men, 1 Co. i. 27 [Lchm. br.]; weaker and inferior, μέλος, 1 Co. xii. 22; sluggish in doing right, Ro. v. 6; wanting in manliness and dignity, 2 Co. x. 10; used of the religious systems anterior to Christ, as having no power to promote piety and salvation, Gal. iv. 9; Heb. vii. 18; wanting in decision about things lawful and unlawful (see ἀσθενέω), 1 Co. Vil! 7,9 LT Tr WH, 10%) ix; 22") Thy ν. 12 cos Γ the body, feeble, sick: Mt. xxv. 39 R G L mrg., 48 sq.; Lk. ix. 2 L Tr br.; x. 9; Acts iv. 9; v. 15 sq.; 1 Co. xi. 30.

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀσθενής asthenēs 26x

without strength, weak, infirm, Mt. 26:41; Mk. 14:38; 1 Pet. 3:7; helpless, Rom. 5:6; imperfect, inefficient, Gal. 4:9; feeble, without energy, 2 Cor. 10:10; infirm in body, sick, sickly, Mt. 25:39, 43, 44; weak, mentally or spiritually, dubious, hesitating, 1 Cor. 8:7, 10; 9:22; 1 Thess. 5:14; afflicted, distressed, oppressed with calamities, 1 Cor. 4:10

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἀσθενής, -ές

(< ἀ- neg., σθένος, strength), [in LXX for עָנִי, etc.;]

without strength, weak, feeble: I Co 1:27 4:10 12:22, II Co 10:10, Ga 4:9, I Th 5:14, He 7:18, I Pe 3:7. Rhetorically, τό ἀ. τ. θεοῦ, God's action of apparent weakness: I Co 1:25; of bodily debility, sick, sickly: Mt 25:39 (Rec.) Mt 25:43, 44, Lk 9:2 (Rec.) 10:9, Ac 4:9 5:15, 16 In moral and spiritual sense (MM, s.v.; Cremer, 526), Mt 26:41, Mk 14:38, Ro 5:6, I Co 8:7, 8:9, 10 9:22 11:30.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀσθενής. PAmh If. 784 (Α.10. 184) μου] πλεονεκτῖ ἄνθρωπος ἀσθενής (for —ov -οὖς !), 2. 1411 (A.D. 350) οὐ δυναμένη ἀφησυχάσαι γυνὴ [ἀσθε]νὴς καὶ χήρα κτλ. P Flor I. 58% (iii/A.D.) καταφρονο]ῦντές μου ὡς γυναικὸς ἀσ θ]ε[νο]ῦς. P Théad 2οἱ: 15 (iv/A.D.) τὰς ἀσθενεστέρας κώμας], “weaker ”’ financially. For the adv. see OG/S 7518 (ii/B.c.) ἐπεὶ θλιβέντες ἐμ πλείοσιν ἀσθενῶς [σχή]σετε. The definitely moral character of the adj. in Rom and 1 Cor may be illustrated by Epict. Déss. i. 8. 8, where the ἀσθενεῖς are coupled with the ἀπαίδευτοι. The adj. is curiously rare by comparison with its derivative verb and noun. Aowoyis. For inscriptional light on the meaning of this term it will be enough to refer to the archaologists: see esp. Ramsay’s bibliography in his art. sw voce in Hastings DA.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀσθενής (asthenēs) — weak. ἀσθεν-ής, ές, without strength, weak,

1. in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. in mind, and the like, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις[Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of streams, petty, small, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fluids, of small specific gravity, [Refs]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, [Refs]. adverb -νῶς feebly, without energy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]Praef.: comparative ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+] -έστερον [Refs] -έστερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]

ἀσθενής (asthenēs) — weak: ill. ἀσθεν-ής, ές, without strength, weak,

1. in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]

2. in mind, and the like, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

3. in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις[Refs 5th c.BC+]

4. in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

5. insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of streams, petty, small, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of fluids, of small specific gravity, [Refs]; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, [Refs]. adverb -νῶς feebly, without energy, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]Praef.: comparative ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+] -έστερον [Refs] -έστερα [Refs 5th c.BC+]