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1: ἀσθενής

(Strong's #772 — Adjective — asthenes — as-then-ace' )

"without strength" (a, negative, and sthenos, "strength"), is translated "feeble" in 1 Corinthians 12:22 , of members of the body. See IMPOTENT , SICK , STRENGTH , B, Note (5), WEAK.

Notes: (1) In Hebrews 12:12 paraluo, "to weaken, enfeeble," in the Passive Voice, "to be enfeeble," as by a paralytic stroke, is translated "feeble" in the AV (RV, "palsied"). (2) For "feeble-minded" in 1 Thessalonians 5:14 , AV, see FAINT-HEARTED.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Feeble'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/feeble.html. 1940.
 
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