Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
n.) An ailment; a disease; a imperfection in body or character; esp., an unsound, unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as, infirmity of body or mind.
2. (n.) A personal frailty or failing; foible; eccentricity; a weakness or defect.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
INFIRMITYin-fur'-mi-ti (dawah, chalah, machalah; astheneia): 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 (John 5:5 Matthew 8:17 Luke 5:15; Luke 8:2 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 Luke 7:21 the Revised Version (British and American) has "diseases," which is a better rendering of the Greek noson, used here, than the King James Version "infirmities."
(2) Imperfections or weaknesses of body (Romans 6:19 2 Corinthians 11:30 the King James Version; 2 Corinthians 12:5, 9, 10 the King James Version; Galatians 4:13).
(3) Moral or spiritual weaknesses and defects (Psalm 77:10 Romans 8:26; Romans 15:1 Hebrews 4:15; Hebrews 5:2; 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 Caesar, IV, iii, 86. The infirmity which a man of resolution can keep under by his will (Proverbs 18:14) may be either moral or physical. In Luke 13:11 the woman's physical infirmity is ascribed to the influence of an evil spirit.
Alexander Macalister
Greek
771. asthenema -- an infirmity ... an
infirmity. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: asthenema Phonetic Spelling:
(as-then'-ay-mah) Short Definition: weakness,
infirmity Definition
... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/771.htm - 6k769. astheneia -- weakness, frailty
... weaknesses (4). disease, infirmity, sickness, weakness. From asthenes;
feebleness (of mind or body); by implication, malady; morally ...
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3554. nosos -- disease, sickness
... disease, infirmity, sickness. Of uncertain affinity; a malady (rarely figuratively,
of moral disability) -- disease, infirmity, sickness. ...
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3119. malakia -- softness, weakness
... softens") the victim. 3119 () is an ailment that -- "a infirmity" causing
the to lose muscle fiber, etc. Word Origin from malakos ...
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1199. desmos -- a band, bond
... desmos Phonetic Spelling: (des-mon') Short Definition: a bond, chain Definition:
a bond, chain, imprisonment; a string or ligament, an impediment, infirmity. ...
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2323. therapeuo -- to serve, cure
... I heal. 2323 -- properly, , reversing a physical condition to restore a person
having an illness (disease, infirmity). [2323 (), the ...
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Strong's Hebrew
1738. davah -- to be ill, unwell... root Definition to be ill, unwell NASB Word Usage menstruation* (1).
infirmity.
A primitive root; to be sick (as if in menstruation) --
infirmity. 1737, 1738
... /hebrew/1738.htm - 5k 4245. machaleh -- sickness, disease
... disease, infirmity, sickness Or (feminine) machalah {makk-al-aw'}; from chalah;
sickness -- disease, infirmity, sickness. see HEBREW chalah. 4244, 4245. ...
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2470. chalah -- to be weak or sick
... law') Short Definition: beseech. beseech, be diseased, put to grief, be
grieved, be grievous, infirmity A primitive root (compare ...
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Library
Of Confession of Our Infirmity and of the Miseries of this Life
... THE THIRD BOOK. ON INWARD CONSOLATION CHAPTER XX Of confession of our infirmity
and of the miseries of this life. I will acknowledge ...
/.../kempis/imitation of christ/chapter xx of confession of.htm
Such, However, is Human Infirmity, that when in a Dream a Person ...
... 13. Such, however, is human infirmity, that when in a dream a person shall
see? 13. Such, however, is human infirmity, that when ...
/.../augustine/on care to be had for the dead /13 such however is human.htm
The Infirmity of the Human Mind.
... Book XV. Chapter 24."The Infirmity of the Human Mind. They, then, who
see their own mind, in whatever way that is possible, and ...
/.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 24 the infirmity of the.htm
But Infirmity Pleadeth Its Part, and with Favor of the Crowds ...
... Section 38. But infirmity pleadeth its part, and with favor of the crowds
proclaims itself to? 38. But infirmity pleadeth its ...
/.../augustine/against lying/section 38 but infirmity pleadeth.htm
The Ignorance and the Infirmity of an Infant.
... A Treatise on the Merits and Forgiveness of Sins, and on the Baptism of Infants
Chapter 69 [XXXVIII.]"The Ignorance and the Infirmity of an Infant. ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 69 xxxviii the ignorance and.htm
Of the Infirmity of the Flesh, and Similar Pleas.
... Book I. Chapter IV."Of the Infirmity of the Flesh, and Similar Pleas.
But we read "that the flesh is weak;" [370] and hence we ...
/.../tertullian/to his wife/chapter iv of the infirmity of.htm
Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon this "Infirmity of the Flesh. "
... Chapter XVII."Heathen Examples Cry Shame Upon This "Infirmity of the Flesh.".
[690] They will have plainly a specious privilege ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter xvii heathen examples cry shame.htm
But Now, that as Bearing with the Infirmity of Men He did This...
... Section 12. But now, that as bearing with the infirmity of men he did
this? 12. But now, that as bearing with the infirmity of ...
/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 12 but now that.htm
Of the Death of the Prophet who was Led Astray, and of the ...
... Chapter XXVI. Of the death of the prophet who was led astray, and of the infirmity
of the Abbot Paul, with which he was visited for the sake of his cleansing. ...
/.../cassian/the works of john cassian /chapter xxvi of the death.htm
Hence Spring Forth the Daily Sins of Infirmity, and Blemishes ...
... Fifth Head of Doctrine Article 2 Hence spring forth the daily sins of
infirmity, and blemishes cleave even to the best? Hence ...
/.../various/the canons of dordt/article 2 hence spring forth.htm
Thesaurus
Infirmity (22 Occurrences)... n.) An ailment; a disease; a imperfection in body or character; esp., an unsound,
unhealthy, or debilitated state; a disease; a malady; as,
infirmity of body
.../i/infirmity.htm - 15kThorn (30 Occurrences)
... (3.) Others suppose the expression refers to "a pain in the ear or head," epileptic
fits, or, in general, to some severe physical infirmity, which was a ...
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Kind (290 Occurrences)
... through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News
of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people ...
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Infirmities (17 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Infirmity. Multi-Version Concordance
Infirmities (17 Occurrences). Matthew 8:17 that it ...
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Proclaiming (63 Occurrences)
... through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News
of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people ...
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Bodily (17 Occurrences)
... Galatians 4:13 And you know that in those early days it was on account of bodily
infirmity that I proclaimed the Good News to you, (WEY NAS RSV). ...
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Curing (4 Occurrences)
... through all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the Good News
of the Kingdom, and curing every kind of disease and infirmity among the people ...
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Inflame (3 Occurrences)
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... Luke 13:11 Behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years,
and she was bent over, and could in no way straighten herself up. (See NAS). ...
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Yielded (28 Occurrences)
... Romans 6:19 I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh:
for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity ...
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Resources
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