asthenēs · weak, sick

What it means

asthenēs (ἀσθενής) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “weak, sick”.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Lacking strength or firmness; frail.
2. Having a body that is unwell and in need of healing.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• weak ×15
• sick ×7
• weaker ×2
• weakness ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Mark×1
• Luke×2
• Acts×3
• Romans×1
• 1 Corinthians×11
• 2 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×1
• 1 Peter×1

• Matthew 25:43

  I was a stranger and you did not welcome me; naked, and you did not clothe me; sick and in prison, and you did not visit me.’

• Matthew 25:44

  Then they also will answer, saying, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not serve you?’

• Matthew 26:41

  Keep watch and pray, so that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh weak.”

• Mark 14:38

  Keep watch and pray, so that you may not come into temptation; the spirit is willing, but the flesh weak.”

• Luke 9:2

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

• Luke 10:9

  and cure the sick in it, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’

• Acts 4:9

  if we are being examined today concerning a good deed done to a sick man, as to by what means this man has been healed,

• Acts 5:15

  so that they even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mats, so that when Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on some of them.

• Acts 5:16

  And the multitude from the cities around Jerusalem also were coming together, bringing the sick and those tormented by unclean spirits, who all were being healed.

• Romans 5:6

  For while we were still weak, at the right time the Messiah died for the ungodly.

• 1 Corinthians 1:25

  For the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men.

• 1 Corinthians 1:27

  But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise, and God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong things;

• 1 Corinthians 4:10

  We are fools for the sake of the Messiah, but you are wise in the Messiah; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are dishonored.

• 1 Corinthians 8:7

  But not in everyone is this knowledge; but some, through being accustomed until now to the idol, eat the food as sacrificed to an idol, and their conscience, being weak, is defiled.

• 1 Corinthians 8:9

  But watch out that this right of yours does not somehow become a cause of stumbling to the weak.

• 1 Corinthians 8:10

  For if anyone sees you, the one who has knowledge, reclining at table in an idol’s temple, will not his conscience, since he is weak, be built up to eat food sacrificed to idols?

• 1 Corinthians 9:22

  I became to the weak weak, so that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all means I might save some.

• 1 Corinthians 11:30

  For this reason many among you are weak and sick, and a good number sleep.

• 1 Corinthians 12:22

  On the contrary, much more the members of the body that seem to be weaker are necessary,

• 2 Corinthians 10:10

  For “The letters,” he says, “are weighty and strong, but the bodily presence is weak and the speech contemptible.”

• Galatians 4:9

  But now, having come to know God, or rather having been known by God, how is it that you are turning back again to the weak and poor elements, to which you want to be slaves all over again?

• 1 Thessalonians 5:14

  And we exhort you, brothers: admonish the disorderly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, be patient with all.

• Hebrews 7:18

  For on the one hand, there is a setting aside of the former commandment because of its weakness and uselessness

• 1 Peter 3:7

  Husbands, likewise, live with them with understanding, as with a weaker vessel, the woman, showing honor, as also fellow heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

And 2 more times.