ΤΟΙΣἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΙΣ, τοισἀσθενεστεροις
TOISASTHENESTEROIS, toisasthenesterois
Sounds Like: toyz-ass-theh-NES-teh-roys
Translations: (to) the weaker, (to) the feebler, (to) the more infirm
From the root: ἈΣΘΕΝΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This is a compound word, formed from the dative plural masculine/neuter definite article 'τοῖς' (to the) and the dative plural masculine/neuter form of the comparative adjective 'ἀσθενέστερος' (weaker). The adjective 'ἀσθενέστερος' means 'weaker' or 'more infirm', indicating a lesser degree of strength or health compared to others. When used with the dative article, it refers to 'the weaker ones' or 'those who are weaker', often implying a group of people who are physically, morally, or spiritually weak or infirm. It is used to indicate the indirect object of an action.
Inflection: Dative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter, Comparative
Strong’s number: G772 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 1:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΘΕΝΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΙΣ — weak, feeble, sick, ill, infirm, a weak person, the weak, the sick
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣ — weak, a weak, feeble, sick, an invalid, powerless, a powerless
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΙΝ — to the weak, to the sick, to the feeble
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΑ — weaker, feebler, more infirm, more sickly
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΑΙ — weaker, more feeble, weaker ones, more feeble ones
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΙ — (to) weaker, (to) feebler, (to) more infirm
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΙΣ — to the weaker, to the feebler, to the more infirm, to the more sickly
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΝ — weaker, feebler, more infirm, more powerless
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΝΔΕ — weaker, but weaker, and weaker, moreover weaker
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΟΣ — weaker, feebler, more infirm, less strong
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΩ — to the weaker, to a weaker, for the weaker, for a weaker
- ἈΣΘΕΝΕΣΤΕΡΩΝ — of the weaker, of the feebler, of the less powerful
- ἈΣΘΕΝΗ — weak, feeble, sick, ill, infirm, a weak one, a sick one
- ἈΣΘΕΝΗΣ — weak, feeble, sick, infirm, a weak person, a sick person
- ἈΣΘΕΝΟΥΣ — of the weak, of the sick, of the feeble, of the infirm, of the powerless
- ἈΣΘΕΝΩΝ — of the weak, of the sick, of the feeble
- ἈΣΘΕΝΩΣ — weakly, feebly, faintly, impotently
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