UBS Greek Dictionary Article

Form 1

Part of speech: adjc.

Inflections: ἀσθενής; -ές

Constructions: ἀσθενής; ἀ-; σθενόω

Sense 1: weak, unable

Semantic entry: 74.25

Semantic domains: Able, Capable

Definition: (derivative of ἀσθένεια[a] ‘weakness,’ 74.23: ἀσθένεια) pertaining to a state of limited capacity to do or be something

MAT 26:41: RV MAT 26:41 · LV MAT 26:41 · Read together MAT 26:41

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41 Stay alert and pray so that you all don’t fall into temptation. Your spirits are eager, but your endurance is lacking.”

OET-LV MAT 26:41

41 Be _watching and be _praying, in _order _that you _all _may_ not _come _in into temptation.
On _one _hand the spirit is eager, on _the _other _hand the the_flesh is weak.

MRK 14:38: RV MRK 14:38 · LV MRK 14:38 · Read together MRK 14:38

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38 You all need to stay alert and be careful not to give into temptation. I know your spirits are enthusiastic on one hand, but it’s still easy to give in to the moment.”

OET-LV MRK 14:38

38 Be _watching and be _praying that you _all _may_ not _come into temptation.
On _one _hand the spirit is eager, on _the _other _hand the flesh is weak.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 26:41 · LV MAT 26:41 · Read together MAT 26:41

MRK: RV MRK 14:38 · LV MRK 14:38 · Read together MRK 14:38

CO1: RV CO1 4:10 · RV CO1 9:22 · LV CO1 4:10 · LV CO1 9:22 · Read together CO1 4:10 · Read together CO1 9:22

GAL: RV GAL 4:9 · LV GAL 4:9 · Read together GAL 4:9

Sense 2: morally weak, without moral strength

Semantic entry: 88.117

Semantic domains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

Subdomains: Bad, Evil, Harmful, Damaging

Definition: pertaining to being morally weak and hence incapable of doing good

Notes: It is also possible to understand ἀσθενής in RV ROM 5:6 · LV ROM 5:6 · Read together ROM 5:6 as a helpless condition rather than moral weakness (see ἀσθενής[d] 22.3: ἀσθενής).

ROM 5:6: RV ROM 5:6 · LV ROM 5:6 · Read together ROM 5:6

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6 While we were still weak, and at the right time for ungodly people, the messiah died for us.

OET-LV ROM 5:6

6 Still for chosen _one /messiah, being of _us weak still, according _to the_time for the_ungodly died _off.

CO1 8:7: RV CO1 8:7 · LV CO1 8:7 · Read together CO1 8:7

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7 But not everyone knows this. Some people have been so used to trusting idols that even now as believers when they eat food that’s been sacrificed to idols, they still think it’s wrong and so their weak consciences become defiled.

OET-LV CO1 8:7

7 But not in all is the knowledge, but some the by _custom until now of _the idol, as an_idol _sacrificed thing are _eating food, and the conscience of _them weak being, is _being _defiled.

All 5 recorded passages for this sense

ROM: RV ROM 5:6 · LV ROM 5:6 · Read together ROM 5:6

CO1: RV CO1 8:7 · RV CO1 8:9–10 · LV CO1 8:7 · LV CO1 8:9–10 · Read together CO1 8:7 · Read together CO1 8:9–10

TH1: RV TH1 5:14 · LV TH1 5:14 · Read together TH1 5:14

Sense 3: sick, ill, weak, disabled

Semantic entry: 23.145

Semantic domains: Physiological Processes and States

Subdomains: Sickness, Disease, Weakness

Definition: pertaining to being ill and, as a result, weak and incapacitated

MAT 25:43: RV MAT 25:43 · LV MAT 25:43 · Read together MAT 25:43

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43 I was a stranger and you didn’t offer me shelter, I was naked and you didn’t give me any clothes, and I was sick and in prison and you never visited me.’

OET-LV MAT 25:43

43 I _was a_stranger and you _all_ not _brought _in me, naked and you _all_ not _clothed me, sick and in prison and you _all_ not _visited me.

MAT 25:44: RV MAT 25:44 · LV MAT 25:44 · Read together MAT 25:44

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44 Then they’ll also respond, ‘Master, when did we ever see you hungry or thirsty, or a stranger or naked, or sick or in prison and we didn’t help you?’

OET-LV MAT 25:44

44 Then they ˓will˒_ also _be _answering saying:
master, when we _saw you hungering, or thirsting, or a_stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and we_ not _served unto _you?

All 8 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 25:43–44 · LV MAT 25:43–44 · Read together MAT 25:43–44

LUK: RV LUK 9:2 · RV LUK 10:9 · LV LUK 9:2 · LV LUK 10:9 · Read together LUK 9:2 · Read together LUK 10:9

ACT: RV ACT 4:9 · RV ACT 5:15–16 · LV ACT 4:9 · LV ACT 5:15–16 · Read together ACT 4:9 · Read together ACT 5:15–16

CO1: RV CO1 11:30 · LV CO1 11:30 · Read together CO1 11:30

Sense 4: helpless, helpless condition

Semantic entry: 22.3

Semantic domains: Trouble, Hardship, Relief, Favorable Circumstances

Subdomains: Trouble, Hardship, Distress

Definition: pertaining to a state of helplessness in view of circumstances

Notes: The meaning of ‘helpless’ may be expressed in some languages as ‘when we could not do anything about it.’ For another interpretation of ἀσθενής in RV ROM 5:6 · LV ROM 5:6 · Read together ROM 5:6, see ἀσθενής[b] 88.117: ἀσθενής.

ROM 5:6: RV ROM 5:6 · LV ROM 5:6 · Read together ROM 5:6

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6 While we were still weak, and at the right time for ungodly people, the messiah died for us.

OET-LV ROM 5:6

6 Still for chosen _one /messiah, being of _us weak still, according _to the_time for the_ungodly died _off.

Sense 5: weak

Semantic entry: 79.69

Semantic domains: Features of Objects

Subdomains: Strong, Weak

Definition: pertaining to being physically weak

Notes: Such a literal translation of this expression in RV PE1 3:7 · LV PE1 3:7 · Read together PE1 3:7, however, may be misleading, for in general τῷ γυναικείῳ is interpreted as a reference to one’s wife. Therefore, one may translate as ‘treating with respect one’s wife as the physically weaker partner’ or ‘… as of the weaker sex.’

CO1 1:25: RV CO1 1:25 · LV CO1 1:25 · Read together CO1 1:25

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25 because God’s foolishness is better than humankind’s wisdom, and God’s weakness is greater than humankind’s strength.

OET-LV CO1 1:25

25 Because the foolish of_ the _god, wiser than the humans is, and the weak of_ the _god, stronger than the humans.

CO1 1:27: RV CO1 1:27 · LV CO1 1:27 · Read together CO1 1:27

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OET-RV CO1 1:27

27 but God chose the foolish things of the world to shame those considered to be wise, and he chose the weak things of the world to shame those considered to be strong.

OET-LV CO1 1:27

27 But the foolish things of _the world chose the god, in _order _that he _may _be _disgracing the wise, and the weak things of _the world chose the god, in _order _that he _may _be _disgracing the strong,

All 7 recorded passages for this sense

CO1: RV CO1 1:25 · RV CO1 1:27 · RV CO1 11:30 · RV CO1 12:22 · LV CO1 1:25 · LV CO1 1:27 · LV CO1 11:30 · LV CO1 12:22 · Read together CO1 1:25 · Read together CO1 1:27 · Read together CO1 11:30 · Read together CO1 12:22

CO2: RV CO2 10:10 · LV CO2 10:10 · Read together CO2 10:10

HEB: RV HEB 7:18 · LV HEB 7:18 · Read together HEB 7:18

PE1: RV PE1 3:7 · LV PE1 3:7 · Read together PE1 3:7

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀσθενής

Form 1

Sense 1: weak, unable

Sense 2: morally weak, without moral strength

Sense 3: sick, ill, weak, disabled

Sense 4: helpless, helpless condition

Sense 5: weak