Strong’s G769 · Greek

ἀσθένεια
asthéneia

Definition

feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally, frailty

Etymology

from G772 (ἀσθενής);

Where the KJV renders it

  • disease
  • infirmity
  • sickness
  • weakness

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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