Feeble-Minded

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(a.) Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]

fē´b ' l - mı̄n´ded ( ὀλιγόψυχος , oligópsuchos ): Only in  1 Thessalonians 5:14 the King James Version, in the sense of "fainthearted," as in the Revised Version (British and American). In Septuagint it is used as the equivalent of kōshēl , the tottering or feeble-kneed in  Isaiah 35:3;  Isaiah 54:6; oligopsuchı́a occurs in Septuagint twice ( Exodus 6:9;  Psalm 54:7 ), for "anguish of spirit" and "trouble." The term refers to weakness of will and vacillation of purpose rather than to idiocy or morbid imbecility.

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