43 occurrences

'Weak' in the Bible

And see the land, what it is; and the people that dwelleth therein, whether they be strong or weak, few or many;

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalDealing With Many PeopleWhat Is This?Strong Nations

And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalTying Up

And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofUnused

That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a rasor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

Verse ConceptsEvildoersAnointing KingsNo Strength Left

And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will make him afraid: and all the people that are with him shall flee; and I will smite the king only:

Verse ConceptsIsrael FleeingOnly One PersonKilling Will HappenTired In Flighttired

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingEncouraging OthersWeakness

All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?

Verse ConceptsBecoming Like People

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Verse ConceptsFeeblenessKneesHelp The WeakWeaknesstireduplifting

How weak is thine heart, saith the Lord GOD, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of an imperious whorish woman;

Verse ConceptsLukewarmness

And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

Verse ConceptsBad NewsdiscouragementWeakness, PhysicalKneesThings Like WaterLike WaterLosing CourageNo Strength LeftWhy Do You Do This?

Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Verse ConceptsPruningSpearsToolsWeakness, SpiritualAmbivalenceNo Strength To Cope

And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sara's womb:

Verse ConceptsBodyWeakness, SpiritualThe Age At FatherhoodWombLimitations Of The BodyGrace Verse LawWeaknesschildbearing

But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty;

Verse ConceptsMidgetsChosen InstrumentsWeakness, SpiritualSmall Things God UsesFoolishness Of GodFoolishness Of MenShaming PeopleChosen DisciplesWise Man Or FoolMighty in its influenceWeakness

Howbeit there is not in every man that knowledge: for some with conscience of the idol unto this hour eat it as a thing offered unto an idol; and their conscience being weak is defiled.

Verse ConceptsConsciences, Description OfDefilement, Objects OfFood For Other godsNature Of Idolatryconscience

For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols;

Verse ConceptsKnowingFood For Other godsWeaknessEating Meatconscience

But when ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.

Verse ConceptsWronging Other PeopleHindrancesconsciencerealityChristians Being Called Brothers

To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.

Verse ConceptsWeakness, SpiritualWeakness, PhysicalSoul WinnersSaving PeopleCircumstancesThings Like PeopleWinningWeaknessorderflexibility

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

Verse ConceptsCriticism, against believersContempt, Examples OfEloquenceIn Men's PresenceWeaknessSpeech

I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.

Verse ConceptsFoolish PeopleBeing Strongassertiveness

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Verse ConceptsSympathyAdaptabilityWeakness

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

Verse Conceptsdoubt, results ofPower Through GodProofsSpeaking As From God

But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage?

Verse ConceptsGod, All knowingElementsConfusionUseless ThingsUniquenessElements Of The UniverseGod Knowing His PeopleSubject To EvilWorry And StressIdentityWeaknessKnowing GodIdentity In Christ

Bible Theasaurus

Cowardly (5 instances)
Decrepit (1 instance)
Degrading (3 instances)
Demoralizing (1 instance)
Faint (84 instances)
Feeble (165 instances)
Flimsy (2 instances)
Frail (15 instances)
Imperfect (6 instances)
Impotent (5 instances)
Infirm (27 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀσθενέω 
Astheneo 
be weak , be sick , sick , weak , impotent man , be diseased , be made weak
Usage: 34

ἀσθενής 
Asthenes 
Usage: 19

אמל 
'amal 
Usage: 16

דּל 
Dal 
Usage: 48

חלה 
Chalah 
Usage: 76

חלשׁ 
Chalash 
Usage: 4

חלּשׁ 
Challash 
Usage: 1

כּשׁל 
Kashal 
Usage: 62

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 83

רך 
Rak 
Usage: 16

רפה 
Raphah 
feeble , fail , weaken , go , alone , idle , stay , slack , faint , forsake , abated , cease ,
Usage: 46

רפה 
Rapheh 
Usage: 4

ἀδύνατος 
Adunatos 
impossible , impotent , could not do , weak , not possible
Usage: 7

ἀσθένεια 
Astheneia 
Usage: 21

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