Words the Bible translates as be weak
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- astheneōἀσθενέωto be weak: to lack strength, standing, or capacity, whether in faith, in conscience, in resources, or in power
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- to be sick: to suffer bodily illness or disease
- ḥalahחָלָהto become sick, weak, or wounded: to lose strength, whether by illness, exhaustion, or injury
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- to entreat someone's favor: to soften a superior's face, to plead and appease
- kashalכָּשַׁלto stumble and so be brought down: to totter, lose one's footing, and fall, whether from weakness, in defeat, or into ruin
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