Folk

Folk

fōk : The translation of עם , ‛am , עם , ‛ām "a people or nation" ( Genesis 33:15 , "some of the folk that are with me"; Proverbs 30:26 , "The conies are but a feeble folk"); of לאם , le'ōm , with the same meaning ( Jeremiah 51:58 , "the folk in the fire," the Revised Version (British and American) "the nations for the fire"); "sick folk" is the translation of ἄῤῥωστος , árrhōstos , "not strong" ( Mark 6:5 ); of τῶν ἀσθενούντων , tō̇n asthenoúntōn , participle of ἀσθενέω , asthenéō , "to be without strength," "weak," "sick" ( John 5:3 , the Revised Version (British and American) "them that were sick"); "sick folks," of ἀσθενεῖς , astheneı́s plural of ἀσθενής , asthenḗs , "without strength," the Revised Version (British and American) "sick folk" ( Acts 5:16 ).