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Strong's #769 - ἀσθένεια
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ἀσθέν-εια, ἡ,
1. want of strength, weakness, Th. 1.3, etc.: in pl., ἰσχύες καὶ ἀ. Pl. R. 618d; esp. feebleness, sickliness, Hdt. 4.135; ἀ. τοῦ γήρως Antipho 4.3.2, Pl. R. 330e; σωμάτων Th. 4.36, etc.
2. disease, sickness, Id. 2.49 (pl.), OGI 244.11 (Daphne, ii B.C.), etc.; δι' ἀσθένειαν Galatians 4:13.
3. ἀ. βίου poverty, Hdt. 2.47, 8.51.
4. in moral sense, feebleness, weakness, τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης φύσεως Pl. Lg. 854a, cf. Arist. EN 1150b19; τοῦ ἀκροατοῦ Arist. Rh. 1419a18. — Rare in poetry, as E. HF 269. -έω,
1. to be weak, feeble, sickly, ἀ. μέλη to be weak in limb, E. Or. 228; τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀ. Pl. Ly. 209e; ἀ. ἀσθένεια[]ν Id. Chrm. 155b: abs., E. Hipp. 274, Th. 7.47, Matthew 10:8, etc.; ἠσθένησε he fell sick, D. 1.13; ἀσθενέων sick man, Hp. VM 12 (Phot. says that μαλακίζεσθχι is used of women); ἠσθενηκότα Plb. 31.13.7.
2. to be needy, Ar. Pax 636; ἠσθενηκότες, of those unable to pay taxes, PTeb. 188 (i B.C.).
3. c. inf., to be too weak to do a thing, not to be able.., J. BJ 2.15.5; εἰς τὸ θεωρεῖν Plot. 3.8.4.
4. decline, ἠσθένησεν ἡ ἡμέρα εἰς τὴν ἑσπέραν LXX Jd. 19.9.
ἀσθένεια , -ας , ἡ
(< ἀσθενής ),
[in LXX for H3782, etc.;]
weakness, frailty, sickness: Luke 13:11-12, John 11:4, Acts 28:9, Romans 6:19; Romans 8:26, 2 Corinthians 11:30; 2 Corinthians 13:4, Galatians 4:13 (MM, s.v.), Hebrews 5:2; Hebrews 7:28; Hebrews 11:34; ἐν ἀ ., John 5:5, 1 Corinthians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 15:43, 2 Corinthians 12:9; pl., Matthew 8:17, Luke 5:15; Luke 8:2, 2 Corinthians 12:5; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, 1 Timothy 5:23, Hebrews 4:15.†
SYN.: μαλακία G3119, νόσος G3554 (v. DB, iii, 323a).
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P Ryl II. 153.45 (A.D. 138–61) I have directed Eudaemon γράψαι ὑπὲρ ἐμο [ῦ ] τῆς ὑπογραφῆς τὸ σῶμα διὰ τὴν περὶ ἐμὲ ἀσθένιαν . BGU I. 229.3 (ii/iii A.D.) illustrates the practice of consulting the local oracle in times of difficulty or sickness—ἠ μὲν σοθήσωμαι (= εἰ μὲν σωθήσομαι ) ταύτης , ἧς (? for τῆς , or an extreme case of attraction) ἐν ἐμοὶ ἀσθενίας , τοῦτόν μοι ἐξένικον ( = τοῦτό μοι ἐξένεγκον ). P Lond 971.4 (iii/iv A.D.) (= III. P. 128) ἀδ ̣ύνατος γάρ ἐστιν ἡ γυνὴ διὰ ἀσθένιαν τῆς φύσε [ως . P Flor I. 51.5 (A.D. 138–61) σ ]ωματικῆς ἀσθ [ενεί ]ας , in an incomplete context. The prepositional phrase of Galatians 4:13 may be further illustrated by P Oxy IV. 726.10 (A.D. 135) οὐ δυνάμενος δι᾽ ἀ [σ ]θένειαν πλεῦσαι . Add BGU IV. 1109.11 (B.C. 5) τῆς Καλλιτύχης ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ διατεθείσης , and OGIS 244.10 (iii/B.C.) τὴν περὶ τὸ σῶμα [γε ]γενημένην ἀσθένειαν διὰ τὰς συνεχεῖς κακο [π ]αθίας , where the editor notes that there is no tautology, as κακοπαθία is to be understood in its later sense of laborious and troublesome work.
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