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physically weak

  • 1 ἀσθενής

    ἀσθενής, ές (Pind., Hdt.+; loanw. in rabb.) adj., of that which lacks strength: ‘weak, powerless’.
    ① pert. to suffering from a debilitating illness, sick, ill ἄνθρωπος ἀ. Ac 4:9. Subst. ὁ ἀ. the sick person (Diod S 1, 34, 4) Mt 25:43f; Lk 9:2; 10:9; Ac 5:15f; 1 Cl 59:4 (ἀσεβεῖς cod. H); Pol 6:1. W. ἄρρωστος 1 Cor 11:30 (on the connection betw. wrongdoing and disease cp. PMich Inv. 3690, 7–11 [ZPE 4, ’69, 123]).
    ② pert. to experiencing some incapacity or limitation, weak
    ⓐ of physical weakness. Opp. ἰσχυρός (cp. Ael. Aristid. 36 p. 690 D.; Philo, Aet. M. 58) 1 Cl 38:2; cp. Hv 3, 11, 4; ἡ σὰρξ ἀ. the flesh is weak, gives up too easily Mt 26:41; Mk 14:38; Pol 7:2. ἀ. τῇ σαρκί Hs 9, 1, 2. Of woman (PAmh 141, 16 [restored]; PFlor 58, 14 γυνὴ ἀσθενής; cp. POxy 2713, 8f; EpArist 250) ἀσθενέστερον σκεῦος weaker vessel, i.e. sex 1 Pt 3:7; ἀ. τῷ σώματι physically weak (cp. PFlor 382, 41; abs. Tat. 32, 3) 1 Cl 6:2. ἡ παρουσία τοῦ σώματος ἀ. his personal presence is weak i.e. unimpressive 2 Cor 10:10 (cp. Demosth. 18, 152, s. FDanker, in: Persuasive Artistry [GAKennedy Festschr.] ’91, 276). Acc. to many modern scholars, of spirit beings that can do nothing (w. πτωχός) τὰ ἀ. στοιχεῖα the weak elementary spirits Gal 4:9 (s. στοιχεῖον 2). In imagery of the Christian community: comp., of inferior stones too weak, i.e. incapable of standing great strain Hs 9, 8, 4; 6.
    ⓑ of relative ineffectiveness, whether external or inward weak, feeble, ineffectual ἡμεῖς ἀ. 1 Cor 4:10; τὰ μέλη ἀσθενέστερα the weaker, less important members 12:22. W. φθαρτός the heart viewed as a shrine B 16:7.—τὸ ἀσθενές = ἡ ἀσθένεια (Thu. 2, 61, 2; POxy 71 II, 4 τὸ τῆς φύσεως ἀ.; Jos., Ant. 13, 430) w. τὸ ἀνωφελές Hb 7:18; τὸ ἀ. τοῦ θεοῦ the weakness of God: even what is weak acc. to human standards becomes effective as soon as it comes fr. God 1 Cor 1:25.—τὰ ἀ. τοῦ κόσμου what is weak in (the eyes of) the world 1:27.
    ⓒ of the inner life. ὄντων ἡμῶν ἀ. (=ἁμαρτωλῶν vs. 8) helpless in a moral sense Ro 5:6. Of a weakness in faith, which, through lack of advanced knowledge, considers externals of the greatest importance (cp. Epict. 1, 8, 8 ἀπαιδεύτοις κ. ἀσθενέσι) 1 Cor 8:7, 9f (WMcGarry, Eccl. Rev. 94, ’37, 609–17). ἐγενόμην τοῖς ἀ. ἀ. to those who are weak in faith I became as they are 1 Cor 9:22; ἀντέχεσθαι τῶν ἀ. take care of the weak 1 Th 5:14.—Weak, without influence συγγένεια 1 Cl 10:2. οἱ ἀσθενέστεροι Dg 10:5 (but here ἀ. could have the mng. economically weak, poor, as pap, e.g. UPZ 17, 23; BGU 1815, 6; 1843, 14; 1863, 10; PHib 113, 17; PThéad 20, 15 τὰς ἀσθενεστέρας κώμας; s. ἀσθενέω 3).—ERiggenbach, StKr 66, 1893, 649–78; MRauer, D. ‘Schwachen’ in Korinth u. Rom nach den Pls-briefen 1923.—B. 298. New Docs 4, 132–34. DELG s.v. σθένος. M-M.

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  • 2 ἐνδυναμόω

    ἐνδυναμόω (δυναμόω ‘strengthen’; s. δύναμις) 1 aor. ἐνεδυνάμωσα, pass. ἐνεδυναμώθην; pf. pass. ptc. ἐνδεδυναμωμένος Hs 5, 4, 4 (Judg 6:34 B; Ps 51:9 v.l. [ARahlfs, Psalmi cum Odis ’31 and Swete]; 1 Ch 12:19 v.l.; Gen 7:20 Aq.; Just., D. 88, 5).
    ① to cause one to be able to function or do someth., strengthen τινά someone or τὶ someth. (Cat. Cod. Astr. XI/2 p. 166, 22) of God or Christ, who give power (Herm. Wr. 1, 32 ἐνδυνάμωσόν με) Phil 4:13; 2 Ti 4:17; Hs 7:4 v.l. Of Christ 1 Ti 1:12; ISm 4:2; ἐ. τινὰ ἔν τινι make someone strong in someth. Hs 6, 1, 2 v.l.
    ② to become able to function or do someth., become strong pass. w. act. sense (Plotinus 4, 9, 5; Achmes 37, 2)
    ⓐ of one who is physically weak ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας Hb 11:34 v.l.; so perh. Ac 9:22 (cp. vs. 19).
    ⓑ usu. of inner or moral strength: ἐ. τῇ πίστει grow strong in faith Ro 4:20. ἐν τῇ πίστει Hv 3, 12, 3. ἐν ταῖς ἐντολαῖς in keeping the commandments m 12, 5, 1; cp. 5, 2, 8 below. ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς δικαιώμασι τοῦ κυρίου Hm 12, 6, 4. ἐν κυρίῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ κράτει Eph 6:10. διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος Hs 9, 1, 2; cp. 9, 13, 7. Of women ἐνδυναμωθεῖσαι διὰ τῆς χάριτος τ. θεοῦ 1 Cl 55:3. ἐνδυναμοῦ be strong ἐν τ. χάριτι 2 Ti 2:1. Abs. Hm 5, 2, 8. RAC IV 415–58.—DELG s.v. δύναμαι. M-M. (ref. to Soph., Lex. for the adj. ἐνδύναμος). TW.

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