What does ἄῤῥωστος (árrhōstos) mean in the Bible?
ἄῤῥωστος (árrhōstos): Physical weakness from illness or disease, not mere fatigue or temporary weakness
Greek · G732
ἄῤῥωστος
Infirm
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ἄῤῥωστος G732
Pronunciation árrhōstos
What does ἄῤῥωστος (árrhōstos) mean in the Bible?
ἄῤῥωστος (árrhōstos): Physical weakness from illness or disease, not mere fatigue or temporary weakness
Full entry for ἄῤῥωστος (G732) · Open the biblical lexicon
Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G732?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include of the sick (2), sick (2), [the] sick (1).
Where does ἄῤῥωστος (árrhōstos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 14:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), 1 Corinthians (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It of the sick 2× Mark 6:5, Mark 6:13
sick 2× Matthew 14:14, 1 Corinthians 11:30
[the] sick 1× Mark 16:18
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 14:14 ἀρρώστους to sick Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 6:5 ἀρρώστοις to of the sick Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural Mark 6:13 ἀρρώστους to of the sick Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural Mark 16:18 ἀρρώστους to [the] sick Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 1 Corinthians 11:30 ἄρρωστοι to sick Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 14:14
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 1 Mark 3 1 Corinthians 1
Source forms
ἀρρώστους 3x arrōstous Matthew 14:14, Mark 6:13, Mark 16:18
ἄρρωστοι 1x arrōstoi 1 Corinthians 11:30
ἀρρώστοις 1x arrōstois Mark 6:5
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural 3x Matthew 14:14, Mark 6:13, Mark 16:18
Adjective - Dative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 6:5
Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x 1 Corinthians 11:30
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Physical weakness from illness or disease, not mere fatigue or temporary weakness
Source Gloss
infirm
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 14:14 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀρρώστους arrwstouv
infirm, sick, ill
Read verse Mark 6:5 Adjective Dative Plural Masculine
ἀρρώστοις arrwstoiv
infirm, sick, ill
Read verse Mark 6:13 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀρρώστους arrwstouv
infirm, sick, ill
Read verse Mark 16:18 Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
ἀρρώστους arrwstouv
infirm, sick, ill
Read verse 1 Corinthians 11:30 Adjective Nominative Plural Masculine
ἄρρωστοι, arrwstoi
infirm, sick, ill
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Word Origins
ἄῤῥωστος is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain