Topic
Infirmity
22 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 34:7Nave PHYSICAL — Moses exempt from
¶ And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated.
- Joshua 14:11Nave PHYSICAL — Caleb
As yet I am as strong this day as I was in the day that Moses sent me: as my strength was then, even so is my strength now, for war, both to go out, and to come in.
- Psalms 77:10ISBE
And I said, This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the most High.
- Proverbs 18:14ISBE
The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Matthew 8:17ISBE
That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses.
- Luke 5:15ISBE
But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities.
- Luke 7:21ISBE
And in that same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many that were blind he gave sight.
- Luke 8:2ISBE
And certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils,
- Luke 13:11ISBE
¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
- John 5:5ISBE
And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years.
- Romans 6:19ISBE
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 unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness.
- Romans 8:26ISBE
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
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- Romans 15:1 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 11:30 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 12:5 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 ISBE
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 ISBE
- Galatians 4:13 ISBE
- 1 Timothy 5:23 ISBE
- Hebrews 4:15 ISBE
- Hebrews 5:2 ISBE
- Hebrews 7:28 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 20 references
in-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 (Joh 5:5; Mt 8:17; Lu 5:15; 8:2; 1Ti 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 Lu 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 (Ro 6:19; 2Co 11:30 the King James Version; 2Co 12:5,9,10 the King James Version; Ga 4:13).
(3) Moral or spiritual weaknesses and defects (Ps 77:10; Ro 8:26; 15:1; Heb 4:15; 5:2; 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 (Pr 18:14) may be either moral or physical. In Lu 13:11 the woman's physical infirmity is ascribed to the influence of an evil spirit.
Alexander Macalister
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Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.