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ἀσθενής
asthenḗs · Greek · Strong's G772 · 25 occurrences
The KJV renders 30 different Hebrew and Greek words as “thing”
What it means
strengthless (in various applications, literal, figurative and moral)
from G1 (Α) (as a negative particle) and the base of G4599 (σθενόω);
How the KJV renders it
more feeble, impotent, sick, without strength, weaker, ness, thing
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“thing”
also renders tìs (G5100), hágios (G40), mēdeís (G3367), tís (G5101), oudeís (G3762), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), nomízō (G3543), ʼômer (H562), gâdôwl (H1419), dâbâr (H1697), zûwr (H2114), chay (H2416), ṭûwb (H2898), yârêʼ (H3372), kôl (H3605), kᵉlîy (H3627), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), mᵉʻaṭ (H4592), niddâh (H5079), nephesh (H5315), ʻôsheq (H6233), piggûwl (H6292), qôdesh (H6944), qâlal (H7043), qâsheh (H7186), raʻ (H7451), tahpukâh (H8419), tôwʻêbah (H8441)
“ness”
“sick”
“impotent”
also renders adýnatos (G102)
“weaker”
also renders dal (H1800)
Questions this word decides
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
- What does Romans 14:5 mean about esteeming one day above another?
- What does Matthew 16:18 mean ('on this rock I will build my church')?
- Is hell eternal conscious torment or annihilation?
- What happens to those who never heard the gospel?
- Will everyone ultimately be saved?
Where it appears
25 occurrences in the Greek text, first 23 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:25 A-NSN1 Corinthians 1:27 A-APN1 Corinthians 4:10 A-NPM1 Corinthians 8:7 A-NSF1 Corinthians 8:9 A-DPM1 Corinthians 8:10 A-GSM1 Corinthians 9:22 A-APM1 Corinthians 11:30 A-NPM1 Corinthians 12:22 A-NPN-C1 Peter 3:7 A-DSN-C1 Thessalonians 5:14 A-GPM2 Corinthians 10:10 A-NSFActs 4:9 A-GSMActs 5:15 A-APMActs 5:16 A-APMGalatians 4:9 A-APNHebrews 7:18 A-ASNLuke 10:9 A-APMMatthew 25:43 A-NSMMatthew 25:44 A-ASMMatthew 26:41 A-NSFMark 14:38 A-NSFRomans 5:6 A-GPM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.