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Note:
When this is not part of the translation of a verb or phrase, it stands for some
case of
, the plural of
, “I”; this separate use of the pronoun is always emphatic.
For “we ourselves,” see
OURSELVES
.
WEAK, WEAKENED, WEAKER, WEAKNESS
A. Adjectives.
1.
(
)
, 772), lit., “strengthless” (see
IMPOTENT
), is translated “weak,”
(a) of physical “weakness,” Matt. 26:41; Mark 14:38; 1 Cor. 1:27; 4:10; 11:30 (a
judgment upon spiritual laxity in a church); 2 Cor. 10:10; 1 Pet. 3:7 (comparative
degree); (b) in the spiritual sense, said of the rudiments of Jewish religion, in their
inability to justify anyone, Gal. 4:9; of the Law, Heb. 7:18; in Rom. 5:6,
RV
, “weak” (
KJV
,
“without strength”), of the inability of man to accomplish his salvation; (c) morally or
ethically, 1 Cor. 8:7, 10; 9:22; (d) rhetorically, of God’s actions according to the human
estimate, 1 Cor. 1:25, “weakness,” lit., “the weak things of God.” See
FEEBLE
,
SICK
.
2.
$
(
"
, 102), lit., “not powerful,” is translated “weak” in Rom. 15:1,
of the infirmities of those whose scruples arise through lack of faith (see 14:22, 23), in
the same sense as No. 1 (c); the change in the adjective (cf. 14:1) is due to the contrast
with
$
, the “strong,” who have not been specifically mentioned as such in ch. 14.
See
IMPOSSIBLE
.
B. Verb.
(
!
, 770), “to lack strength,” is used in much the same way as A, No.
1, and translated “being … weak” in Rom. 4:19,
KJV
(
RV
, “being weakened”); 8:3; 14:1, 2
(in some texts, 1 Cor. 8:9); 2 Cor. 11:21, 29 (twice); 12:10; 13:3, 4, 9. See
DISEASED
,
IMPOTENT
,
SICK
.
C. Noun.
(
!
, 769), for which see
INFIRMITY
, is rendered “weakness,” of the
body, 1 Cor. 2:3; 15:43; 2 Cor. 11:30,
RV
; 12:5 (plural,
RV
), 9, 1O,
RV
; Heb. 11:34; in 2
Cor. 13:4, “He was crucified through weakness” is said in respect of the physical
sufferings to which Christ voluntarily submitted in giving Himself up to the death of the
cross.
WEALTH
$
(
' $&
, 2142), primarily “facility” (
$
, “well,”
, “a passage”), hence
“plenty, wealth,” occurs in Acts 19:25.¶ Cf.
$
, “to be well provided for, to
prosper,” Acts 11:29.¶
Note:
In 1 Cor. 10:24, the
KJV
, “
(
,”
RV
, “ ,” is, lit., “the (thing) of the
other.”
WEAPONS
(
6
, 3696), always in the plur., is translated “weapons” in John 18:3 and 2
Cor. 10:4, the latter metaphorically of those used in spiritual warfare. See
ARMOR
,
INSTRUMENTS
.
WEAR, WEARING
A. Verbs.