ἀσθενής

Matthew 25:43 ἀσθενὴς sick

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.’

Matthew 25:44 ἀσθενῆ sick

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?’

Here: Literally 'without strength'. Here it means ill or infirm (YLT 'infirm'): someone who cannot get about and depends on visitors.

Matthew 26:41 ἀσθενής.¶ weak.

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

Here: Lacking strength or staying power. The flesh cannot carry out what the eager spirit intends, so the disciples need the watching and praying.

Mark 14:38 ἀσθενής. weak.

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

Here: Lacking the strength to carry out what the spirit wants. This is frailty, not wickedness. The sleeping disciples are the demonstration.

Luke 9:2 ἀσθενεῖς. sick.

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

Here: Literally 'the strengthless'. It is a broad word for people disabled by illness, weakness or infirmity. It does not name a particular disease.

Luke 10:9 ἀσθενεῖς [the] sick

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

Here: Literally "the strengthless." It covers people laid low by any illness, who in that world were often also cut off from work, worship and ordinary social life.

Acts 4:9 ἀσθενοῦς, ailing,

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

Acts 5:15 ἀσθενεῖς sick

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.

Here: Literally 'the strengthless', the usual Greek way of saying 'the sick'. The word covers any illness or disability that left someone without strength.

Acts 5:16 ἀσθενεῖς [the] sick

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

Romans 5:6 ἀσθενῶν without strength

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

Here: Without strength. The word is used for the sick and the helpless. Here it means unable to put ourselves right with God, the first in a chain of descriptions that grows darker: weak (v.6), ungodly (v.6), sinners (v.8), enemies (v.10).

1 Corinthians 1:25 ἀσθενὲς weakness

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

Here: "The weak thing of God": above all the helpless, crucified Jesus. Elsewhere Paul says Christ "was crucified out of weakness" (2 Cor 13:4). In Greek the word was also used of people with low social standing.

1 Corinthians 1:27 ἀσθενῆ weak things

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

Here: Without power or influence, socially insignificant. It answers "not many powerful" (dynatoi) in v.26. It also anticipates Paul's own "weakness" in 2:3.

1 Corinthians 4:10 ἀσθενεῖς weak

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.

Here: 'Weak': physically frail, worn out, and socially powerless. The word recalls 'the weak things of the world' that God chose (1:27).

1 Corinthians 8:7 ἀσθενὴς weak

But not everyone has this knowledge. Some people are still so accustomed to idols that they eat such food as if it were sacrificed to an idol. And since their conscience is weak, it is defiled.

Here: Without strength or firmness. Their conscience is not secure in the new conviction, so it is easily overpowered and wounded. It does not mean morally lax or fussy.

1 Corinthians 8:9 ἀσθενέσιν. weak.

Be careful, however, that your freedom does not become a stumbling block to the weak.

Here: Those whose conscience is "weak" (v. 7): believers, many of them former idol-worshippers, who still feel the food as belonging to the god. Eating it would defile them in their own eyes.

1 Corinthians 8:10 ἀσθενοῦς weak

For if someone with a weak conscience sees you who are well informed eating in an idol’s temple, will he not be encouraged to eat food sacrificed to idols?

Here: Grammatically 'weak' describes him, the person ('he being weak'), not only his conscience. He cannot yet eat this food without it counting, for him, as taking part in the god's worship.

1 Corinthians 9:22 ἀσθενέσιν ἀσθενὴς ἀσθενεῖς weak

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.

Here: 'For the weak', meaning the group Paul has been discussing since 8:7–12, whose 'weak conscience' could be wounded by eating meat offered to idols. The word can also suggest people of low status or no power.

1 Corinthians 11:30 ἀσθενεῖς [are] weak

That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep.

Here: Without strength. Because it is paired with 'sick' and followed by 'die', it means bodily weakness or ill health here, not weak faith.

1 Corinthians 12:22 ἀσθενέστερα weaker

On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

2 Corinthians 10:10 ἀσθενὴς weak

For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

Here: In person he comes across as weak: lacking force and failing to command respect. The word can include physical frailty or illness, but here the point is how he is perceived, not a medical diagnosis.

Galatians 4:9 ἀσθενῆ weak

But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?

Here: Without strength. These powers cannot do anything for the people who serve them.

1 Thessalonians 5:14 ἀσθενῶν, weak,

And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.

Here: Without strength of any kind: physically sick, economically or socially powerless, or weak in faith or moral resolve. Paul does not specify. The general word may be deliberate, covering anyone who cannot stand on their own.

Hebrews 7:18 ἀσθενὲς weakness

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

Here: Not strong enough to do the job. In Hebrews this connects to the priests it appointed, who were "men having weakness" (7:28) and whom death kept from continuing (7:23).

1 Peter 3:7 ἀσθενεστέρῳ with a weaker

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

Here: Comparative form: 'weaker', not 'weak'. Both partners are 'vessels' and both are weak; she is the more exposed one. Peter does not say in what way she is weaker.