What does ἀσθένημα (asthénēma) mean in the Bible?
ἀσθένημα (asthénēma): A weakness of conscience or scrupulous doubt that weighs on the spiritually immature believer's faith
Greek · G771
ἀσθένημα
ἀσθένημα (asthénēma): A weakness of conscience or scrupulous doubt that weighs on the spiritually immature believer's faith
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ἀσθένημαG771
Pronunciationasthénēma
What does ἀσθένημα (asthénēma) mean in the Bible?
Full entry for ἀσθένημα (G771) · Open the biblical lexicon
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How does the BSB render G771?
The BSB source-word alignment has 1 aligned row for this entry. Common renderings include shortcomings (1).
Where does ἀσθένημα (asthénēma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 15:1. Its strongest book concentrations include Romans (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 Itshortcomings1×Romans 15:1
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First aligned rowRomans 15:1
Aligned rows1
Books represented1
Romans1
Source forms
ἀσθενήματα1xasthenēmataRomans 15:1
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1xRomans 15:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A weakness of conscience or scrupulous doubt that weighs on the spiritually immature believer's faith
Strong'sG771
Lexical occurrences1 verseGreek text appearances1 timeWord forms1 form1 referenceVerse guides0 guides
Study linkRomans 15:1-6Source Gloss
a scruple of conscience
Extended definitionSource: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A weakness of conscience or scrupulous doubt that weighs on the spiritually immature believer's faith
(ἀσθενής), an infirmity (MM, see word): Rom.15:1.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
1 Greek text appearance shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 15:1Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἀσθενήματαasqenhmata
weakness, infirmity
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.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms1Case patternAccusative (1)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · NeuterRom 15:11×
Where It Appears in Scripture
Where this word appears in Scripture: passage, original form, and sense in context.
Biblical Witnesses
Moral and spiritual weaknesses of conscience that the strong should bear patiently
Word Origins
ἀσθένημα is built from this root: