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GreekG0772Adjective

ἀσθενής

asthenēs

24Occurrences
G0772Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
without strength, weak, feeble: . Rhetorically, τό ἀ. θεοῦ, God's action of apparent weakness: of bodily debility, sick, sickly: (Rec.), (Rec.) In moral and spiritual sense.
LXX: for עָנִי, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

ἀσθενής appears 24 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
9
Acts
3
Matthew
3
Luke
2
1 Peter
1
1 Thessalonians
1
2 Corinthians
1
Galatians
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:25BSB

For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

1 Corinthians 4:10BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 9:22BSB

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.

Acts 4:9BSB

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

Hebrews 7:18BSB

So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.