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astheneō G770

ἀσθενέω (astheneō) means “be weak: weak” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἀσθενέω Greek · G770 34 tagged occurrences in 33 verses

Pronunciation guide: as-then-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G0770G

ἀσθενέω · astheneō · be weak: weak

ἀσθενέω, -ῶ ( ἀσθενής) [in LXX chiefly for כָּשַׁל ;] to be weak, feeble: Act.20:35, Rom.8:3, 2Co.11:21 12:10 13:4 13:9; with dative, πίστει (Cremer, 527), Rom.4:19 14:1; same implied, Rom.14:2, 21, 1Co.8:11-12, 2Co.11:29; εἰς, 2Co.13:3. Specif., of bodily debility, to be sick: Mat.25:36, 39, Luk.4:40, Jhn.4:46 5:3, 7 5:13 11:1-3, 6 Act.9:37, Php.2:26-27, 2Ti.4:20, Jas.5:14; οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, the sick: Mat.10:8 (MM, see word), Mrk.6:56, Luk.9:2, Act.19:12.† (AS)

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TBESG · G0770H

ἀσθενέω · astheneō · be weak: ill

ἀσθενέω, -ῶ ( ἀσθενής) [in LXX chiefly for כָּשַׁל ;] to be weak, feeble: Act.20:35, Rom.8:3, 2Co.11:21 12:10 13:4 13:9; with dative, πίστει (Cremer, 527), Rom.4:19 14:1; same implied, Rom.14:2, 21, 1Co.8:11-12, 2Co.11:29; εἰς, 2Co.13:3. Specif., of bodily debility, to be sick: Mat.25:36, 39, Luk.4:40, Jhn.4:46 5:3, 7 5:13 11:1-3, 6 Act.9:37, Php.2:26-27, 2Ti.4:20, Jas.5:14; οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες, the sick: Mat.10:8 (MM, see word), Mrk.6:56, Luk.9:2, Act.19:12.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I am weak (physically: then morally), I am sick.

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How translators render G770

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
sick 8
weak 4
is weak 2
are weak 1
he was ill 1
he was sick 1
i am not weak 1
i am weak 1
i was sick 1
ill 1
invalid 1
is not weak 1
is sick 1
it was weakened 1
lay sick 1
lazarus was sick 1
she became sick 1
the sick 1
was sick 1
weakening 1
were too weak for that 1
who is weak 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the sick 4
weak 4
sick 3
was sick 3
he was sick 2
the weak 2
any sick 1
are weak 1
being 1
had been weak 1
he had been sick 1
i am 1
i am weak 1
i was sick 1
is 1
is made weak 1
is sick 1
is weak 1
it was weak 1
of impotent folk 1
that are weak 1
that had been sick 1
we are weak 1
who is weak 1

Verses containing G770

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  1. Matthew 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, drive out demons. Freely you have received; freely give.

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  2. Matthew 25:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you looked after Me, I was in prison and you visited Me.’

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  3. Matthew 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    When did we see You sick or in prison and visit You?’

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  4. Mark 6:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

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  5. Luke 4:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

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  6. John 4:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum.

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  7. John 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On these walkways lay a great number of the sick, the blind, the lame, and the paralyzed.

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  8. John 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”

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  9. John 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    A large crowd followed Him because they saw the signs He was performing on the sick.

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  10. John 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At this time a man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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  11. John 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    (Mary, whose brother Lazarus was sick, was to anoint the Lord with perfume and wipe His feet with her hair.)

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  12. John 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

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  13. John 11:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So on hearing that Lazarus was sick, He stayed where He was for two days,

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  14. Acts 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    At that time, however, she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upper room.

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  15. Acts 19:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

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  16. Acts 20:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In everything, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words of the Lord Jesus Himself: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

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  17. Romans 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Without weakening in his faith, he acknowledged the decrepitness of his body (since he was about a hundred years old) and the lifelessness of Sarah’s womb.

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  18. Romans 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful man, as an offering for sin. He thus condemned sin in the flesh,

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  19. Romans 14:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

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  20. Romans 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For one person has faith to eat all things, while another, who is weak, eats only vegetables.

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  21. Romans 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything to cause your brother to stumble.

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  22. 1 Corinthians 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So this weak brother, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.

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  23. 1 Corinthians 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    By sinning against your brothers in this way and wounding their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.

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  24. 2 Corinthians 11:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.

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  25. 2 Corinthians 11:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with grief?

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  26. 2 Corinthians 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  27. 2 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

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  28. 2 Corinthians 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. For we are also weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him concerning you.

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  29. 2 Corinthians 13:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.

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  30. Philippians 2:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For he has been longing for all of you and is distressed because you heard he was ill.

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  31. Philippians 2:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    He was sick indeed, nearly unto death. But God had mercy on him, and not only on him but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow.

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  32. 2 Timothy 4:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Erastus has remained at Corinth, and Trophimus I left sick in Miletus.

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  33. James 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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