Words the Bible translates as sickness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- astheneiaἀσθένειαweakness: a lack of strength, whether in a sick or failing body, in the frailty of human life, or in a position of no power
- ḥoliחֳלִיa sickness: an illness or disease of the body, and by extension the suffering or ruin that sickness pictures.
- nososνόσοςdisease: a bodily illness that has settled on a person and calls for healing
- malakiaμαλακίαsicknessnot studied yet
- maḥalahמַחֲלָהsicknessnot studied yet
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