ἀσθεν-ής, ές, without strength, weak,

1 in body, feeble, sickly, τοὺς ἀσθενέας τῆς στρατιῆς Hdt. 4.135, cf. Hp. VM 12; ἀσθενεῖ χρωτὶ βαίνων Pi. P. 1.55, etc.; ὁ παντάπασιν ἀ. τῷ σώματι D. 21.165; ἀ. περὶ τὸν ὀφθαλμόν Luc. Nigr. 4; τοὺς ἀσθενεστάτους ἐς τὰς ταλαιπωρίας least able to bear hardship, Hdt. 4.134; ἀσθενέστερος πόνον ἐνεγκεῖν too weak to.., D. 23.54. Adv. ἀσθενῶς, ἴσχειν Pl. Lg. 659e, cf. OGI 751.8 (Amblada, ii B.C.).

2. in mind, and the like, τὸ ἀ. τῆς γνώμης the weakness, Th. 2.61.

3. in power, weak, feeble, ἀ. δύναμις Hdt. 7.9. ά, cf. 1.58; τέχνη δ’ ἀνάγκης-εστέρα μακρῷ A. Pr. 514; πόλιν ἑνὸς-εστέραν S. OC 1033; εἰς ὠφέλειαν ἀ. D. Eph 2:15.

4. in property, weak, poor, οἱ χρήμασιν ἀσθενέστεροι Hdt. 2.88: abs., ὅ τ’ ἀ. ὁ πλούσιός τε E. Supp. 433; οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι the weaker sort, i.e. the poor, X. Cyr. 8.1.30, cf. Lys. 1.2.

5. insignificant, οὐκ ἀσθενέστατος σοφιστὴς Ἑλλήνων Hdt. 4.95; paltry, ἀ. σόφισμα A. Pr. 1011; of streams, petty, small, Hdt. 2.25; of fluids, of small specific gravity, Id. 3.23; ἐς ἀσθενὲς ἔρχεται comes to nothing, Id. 1.120. Adv. -νῶς feebly, without energy, Pl. R. 528b; on slight evidence, ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι Onos. Praef.: Comp. ἀσθενεστέρως, ἐπιθυμεῖν Pl. Phdr. 255e; -έστερον Id. Chrm. 172b; -έστερα Th. 1.141.

ἀσθενής asthenēs 26x

    without strength, weak, infirm, Mat 26:41; Mar 14:38; 1Pe 3:7;

    helpless, Rom 5:6;

    imperfect, inefficient, Gal 4:9;

    feeble, without energy, 2Co 10:10;

    infirm in body, sick, sickly, Mat 25:39; Mat 25:43-44;         weak, mentally or spiritually, dubious, hesitating, 1Co 8:7; 1Co 8:10; 1Co 9:22; 1Th 5:14;

    afflicted, distressed, oppressed with calamities, 1Co 4:10 sick; weak.

G772 — ἀσθενής

ἀσθενές (τό σθένος strength), weak, infirm, feeble; (from Pindar down);

a. universally: Mat 26:41; Mar 14:38; 1Pe 3:7; τό ἀσθενές τοῦ Θεοῦ, the act of God in which weakness seems to appear, viz. that the suffering of the cross should be borne by the Messiah, 1Co 1:25.

b. specifically: contextually, unable to achieve anything great, 1Co 4:10; destitute of power among men, 1Co 1:27 (Lachmann brackets); weaker and inferior, μέλος, 1Co 12:22; sluggish in doing right, Rom 5:6; lacking in manliness and dignity, 2Co 10:10; used of the religious systems anterior to Christ, as having no power to promote piety and salvation, Gal 4:9; Heb 7:18; lacking in decision about things lawful and unlawful (see ἀσθενέω), 1Co 8:7, 1Co 8:9 L T Tr WH, ; ; 1Th 5:14.

c. of the body, feeble, sick: Mat 25:39 R G L marginal reading, 43f; Luk 9:2 L Tr brackets; ; Act 4:9; Act 5:15; 1Co 11:30.

* ἀσθενής - ές

( < ἀ - neg ., σθένος , strength),

[in LXX for H6041, etc.;]

without strength, weak, feeble: 1Co 1:27; 1Co 4:10 ; 1Co 12:22, 2Co 10:10, Gal 4:9 , 1Th 5:14, Heb 7:18, 1Pe 3:7. Rhetorically, τό ἀ . τ . θεοῦ , God's action of apparent weakness: 1Co 1:25; of bodily debility, sick, sickly: Mat 25:39 ( Rec. ) Mat 25:43-44, Luk 9:2 ( Rec. ) Luk 10:9, Act 4:9; Act 5:15-16 In moral and spiritual sense ( MM , s.v. ; Cremer , 526), Mat 26:41, Mar 14:38, Rom 5:6 , 1Co 8:7; 1Co 8:9-10; 1Co 9:22; 1Co 11:30. †

詞類次數：形容詞（25）

原文字根：不-穩固 相當於：H536（אֻמְלַל‎） H2470（חָלָה‎） H6041（עָנִי‎） H7330（רָזֶה‎） H7504（רָפֶה‎）

字義溯源：無力，軟弱的，有病的，病人，病，殘疾，懦弱；由（G1（α / ἄλφα）=G427（ἄνευ）*=不）與（G4599（σθενόω）=加給力量）組成；而G4599（σθενόω）出自（G4598（σητόβρωτος）X*=體力）。參讀G732（ἀρρωστέω / ἄρρωστος）比較

出現次數：總共（25）；太（3）；可（1）；路（1）；徒（3）；羅（1）；林前（11）；林後（1）；加（1）；帖前（1）；來（1）；彼前（1）

譯字彙編：

1）軟弱（6）太26:41；羅5:6；林前1:25；林前4:10；林前8:7；來7:18；

2）軟弱的人（4）林前9:22；林前9:22；林前9:22；帖前5:14；

3）軟弱的（4）林前1:27；林前8:10；林前11:30；彼前3:7；

4）病人（3）路10:9；徒5:15；徒5:16；

5）較軟弱的（1）林前12:22；

6）軟弱無力（1）林後10:10；

7）懦弱（1）加4:9；

8）殘疾（1）徒4:9；

9）病了（1）太25:44；

10）軟弱了（1）可14:38；

11）我病了（1）太25:43；

12）軟弱人的（1）林前8:9