Difference between revisions of "Infirmity"

<div> '''1: '''''Ἀσθένεια''''' ''' (Strong'S #769 — Noun [[Feminine]] — astheneia — as-then'-i-ah ) </div> <p> lit., "want of strength" (a, negative, sthenos, "strength"), "weakness," indicating inability to produce results, is most frequently translated "infirmity," or "infirmities;" in &nbsp;Romans 8:26 , the RV has "infirmity" (AV, "infirmities"); in &nbsp;2—Corinthians 12:5,9,10 , "weaknesses" and in &nbsp;2—Corinthians 11:30 , "weakness" (AV, "infirmities"); in &nbsp;Luke 13:11 the phrase "a spirit of infirmity" attributes her curvature directly to satanic agency. The connected phraseology is indicative of trained medical knowledge on the part of the writer. </p> <div> '''2: '''''Ἀσθένημα''''' ''' (Strong'S #771 — Noun Neuter — asthenema — as-then'-ay-mah ) </div> <p> akin to No. 1, is found in the plural in &nbsp;Romans 15:1 , "infirmities," i.e., those scruples which arise through weakness of faith. The strong must support the infirmities of the weak (adunatos) by submitting to self-restraint. </p> &nbsp;Luke 7:21

<p> [[Infirmity]] n. inferm'ity. L. infirmitas. </p> 1. An unsound or unhealthy state of the body weakness feebleness. Old age is subject to infirmities. 2. [[Weakness]] of mind failing fault foible. <p> A friend should bear a friend's infirmities. </p> 3. Weakness of resolution. 4. Any particular disease malady applied rather to chronic, than to violent diseases. 5. [[Defect]] imperfection weakness as the infirmities of a constitution of government.

<p> ''''' in ''''' - ''''' fûr´mi ''''' - ''''' ti ''''' ( דּוה , <i> ''''' dāwāh ''''' </i> , חלה , <i> ''''' ḥālāh ''''' </i> , מחלה , <i> ''''' maḥălāh ''''' </i> ; ἀσθένεια , <i> ''''' asthéneia ''''' </i> ): This word is used either in the singular or plural (the latter only in the New Testament) and with somewhat varying signification. (1) As sickness or bodily disease (&nbsp; John 5:5; &nbsp;Matthew 8:17; &nbsp;Luke 5:15; &nbsp;Luke 8:2; &nbsp;1 Timothy 5:23 ). In the last instance the affections seem to have been dyspeptic, the discomfort of which might be relieved by alcohol, although the disease would not be cured thereby. It is probable that this condition of body produced a certain slackness in Timothy's work against which Paul several times cautions him. In &nbsp;Luke 7:21 the Revised Version (British and American) has "diseases," which is a better rendering of the Greek <i> ''''' nosō̇n ''''' </i> , used here, than the King James Version "infirmities." (2) Imperfections or weaknesses of body (&nbsp;Romans 6:19; &nbsp;2 Corinthians 11:30 the King James Version; &nbsp; 2 Corinthians 12:5 , &nbsp;2 Corinthians 12:9 , &nbsp;2 Corinthians 12:10 the King James Version; &nbsp; Galatians 4:13 ). (3) [[Moral]] or spiritual weaknesses and defects (&nbsp;Psalm 77:10; &nbsp;Romans 8:26; &nbsp;Romans 15:1; &nbsp;Hebrews 4:15; &nbsp;Hebrews 5:2; &nbsp;Hebrews 7:28 ). In this sense it is often used by the classic English writers, as in Milton's "the last infirmity of noble minds"; compare <i> [[Caesar]] </i> , IV, iii, 86. The infirmity which a man of resolution can keep under by his will (&nbsp;Proverbs 18:14 ) may be either moral or physical. In &nbsp;Luke 13:11 the woman's physical infirmity is ascribed to the influence of an evil spirit. </p>