Infirmity:
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.
Written by Alexander Macalister
Infirmity: Physical
Moses exempt from,
Deu 34:7;
Caleb,
Jos 14:11.
See AFFLICTION; BLINDNESS; DEAFNESS; LAMENESS; OLD AGE; TASTE
Infirmity:
lit., "want of strength" (a, negative, sthenos, "strength"), "weakness," indicating inability to produce results, is most frequently translated "infirmity," or "infirmities;" in Rom 8:26, the RV has "infirmity" (AV, "infirmities"); in 2Cr 12:5, 9, 10, "weaknesses" and in 2Cr 11:30, "weakness" (AV, "infirmities"); in Luk 13:11 the phrase "a spirit of infirmity" attributes her curvature directly to satanic agency. The connected phraseology is indicative of trained medical knowledge on the part of the writer.
2Strong's Number: g771Greek: asthenemaInfirmity:
akin to No. 1, is found in the plural in Rom 15:1, "infirmities," i.e., those scruples which arise through weakness of faith. The strong must support the infirmities of the weak (adunatos) by submitting to self-restraint.
Note: In Luk 7:21, AV, nosos, "a disease," is translated "infirmities" (RV, "diseases").
Afflictions and Adversities: Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics
God regulates the measure of afflictions,
Psa 80:5; Isa 9:1; Jer 46:28;
determines the continuance of,
Gen 15:13, 14; Num 14:33; Isa 10:25; Jer 29:10;
does not willingly send,
Lam 3:33.
Man is born to,
Job 5:6, 7; 14:1.
Saints appointed to,
1Th 3:3.
Consequent upon the fall,
Gen 3:16-19.
Sin produces,
Job 4:8; 20:11; Pro 1:31.
Sinners corrected by,
2Sa 12:14; Psa 89:30-32; Isa 57:17; Act 13:10, 11.
Often severe,
Job 16:7-16; Psa 42:7; 66:12; Jon 2:3; Rev 7:14.
Always less than deserved,
Ezr 9:13; Psa 103:10.
Results of, good,
Gen 50:20; Exd 1:11, 12; Deu 8:15, 16; Jer 24:5, 6; Eze 20:37.
Tempered with mercy,
Psa 78:38, 39; 106:43-46; Isa 30:18-21; Lam 3:32; Mic 7:7-9; Nah 1:12.
Afflictions and Adversities: Of Saints
To be expected,
Jhn 16:33; Act 14:22.
Comparatively light,
Act 20:23; 24; Rom 8:18; 2Cr 4:17.
Temporary,
Psa 30:5; 103:9; Isa 54:7, 8; Jhn 16:20; 1Pe 1:6; 5:10;
joy under,
Job 5:17; Jam 5:11;
end in joy and blessedness,
Psa 126:5, 6; Isa 61:2, 3; Mat 5:4; 1Pe 4:13, 14;
often arise from the profession of the gospel,
Mat 24:9; Jhn 15:21; 2Ti 3:11, 12.
Exhibit the love and faithfulness of God,
Deu 8:5; Psa 119:75; Pro 3:12; 1Cr 11:32; Hbr 12:6, 7; Rev 3:19.
Afflictions and Adversities: Of the Wicked
God is glorified in,
Exd 14:4; Eze 38:22, 23.
God holds in derision,
Psa 37:13; Pro 1:26, 27.
Are multiplied,
Deu 31:17; Job 20:5; 21:17; Psa 32:10;
continual,
Job 15:20; Ecc 2:23; Isa 32:10;
often sudden,
Psa 73:19; Pro 6:15; Isa 30:13; Rev 18:10.
Are often judicially sent,
Job 21:17; Psa 107:17; Jer 30:15.
Are for examples to others,
Psa 64:7-9; Zep 3:6, 7; 1Cr 10:5, 11; 2Pe 2:6.
Are ineffectual for their conversion,
Exd 9:30; Isa 9:13; Jer 2:30; Hag 2:17.
Their persecution of saints, a cause of,
Deu 30:7; Psa 55:19; Zec 2:9; 2Th 1:6.
Impenitence is a cause of,
Pro 1:30, 31; Eze 24:13; Amo 4:6-12; Zec 7:11, 12; Rev 2:21; 22.
Sometimes humble them,
1Ki 21:27.
Frequently harden,
Neh 9:28, 29; Jer 5:3.
Produce slavish fear,
Job 15:24; Psa 73:19; Jer 49:3, 5.
Saints should not be alarmed at,
Pro 3:25, 26.
Afflictions and Adversities: Exemplified
In Pharaoh and the Egyptians,
Exd 9:14, 15; 14:24, 25;
Ahaziah,
2Ki 1:1-4;
Gehazi,
2Ki 5:27;
Jehoram,
2Ch 21:12-19;
Uzziah,
2Ch 26:19-21;
Ahaz, etc.,
2Ch 28:5-8, 22.
Afflictions and Adversities: Forsaken by Friends In
Instances of:
Job 2:9; 19:13-19
David,
Psa 31:11, 12; 41:9; 88:8, 18
Jesus,
Mat 26:56
Paul,
2Ti 4:16.
National lessons from,
Joe 1; 2.
Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To
Gen 3:16, 17; Deu 8:5; 2Sa 7:14; Job 3:1-26; 5:6, 7, 17, 18; 6:1-30; 7:2-6; 9:18; 12:5; 14:1, 22; 16:6-14; 17:7-16; 19:7-20; 23:10; 30:15-19; 33:19-22; 36:8-12, 15; Psa 6:6, 7; 18:4-6; 31:9-13; 32:3, 4; 39:1-4; 42:6, 7; 55:4-8; 66:10-12; 69:1-3, 20; 73:10; 77:2-4; 80:5, 6; 88:3-18; 89:32; 90:10; 102:3-11; 107:4, 5, 10, 17-19; 109:22-24; 116:3; 141:7; 143:3, 4; Pro 3:11, 12; 12:25; 13:12; 14:10, 13; 15:13, 15; 17:3, 22; 18:14; Ecc 2:22, 23; 7:2-4; Isa 1:6; 24:1-16; 26:16, 17; 48:10; Lam 1:7, 12; 3:1-36; Zec 13:9; Mar 9:49; Jhn 15:2; 16:33; 2Cr 1:8, 9; 4:7-12, 16, 17; 6:4-10; 11:23-30; Hbr 12:6, 7, 9; 1Pe 5:9; Rev 3:19
See PENITENTS; PERSECUTION; POOR; SORROW; TEMPTATION.
Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits Of
1Ki 8:33, 35, 47-53; Deu 4:30, 31; 30:1, 2; 2Ch 6:28-31; Job 5:6-11, 17; 23:10; Psa 94:12, 13; Pro 3:11, 12; Hbr 12:5; Ecc 7:2, 3; Isa 19:20, 22; 26:9; 27:9; Jer 2:27; 22:22, 23; 31:19; Lam 3:27, 28; Eze 20:37, 43; 6:9; Hsa 2:6, 7; 5:15; Rom 5:3, 4; 8:17, 28; 2Cr 4:17; Phl 1:12-14, 19; Hbr 12:5; Jam 1:2-4, 12; 1Pe 1:7; 4:14
Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits Of, Illustrated
Gen 22:12, 16-18; 32:11; 42:21; Exd 9:27, 28; 10:7, 16, 17; 12:31-33; Num 21:7; Jdg 10:6-8, 10; 1Sa 12:9, 10; 1Ki 13:1-10; 2Ch 15:4; 33:12, 13; Ezr 9:5-15; Neh 9:32; Job 34:31, 32; 40:1-5; Psa 18:4-6; 66:10-12; 78:34, 35; 119:67, 71; Isa 26:16; Jer 31:18, 19; Lam 3:19, 20; Hsa 6:1; Jon 2:1-10; Luk 15:11-24; Act 8:24
Afflictions and Adversities: Exemplified
Joseph's brethren,
Gen 42:21.
Joseph,
Gen 45:5, 7, 8.
Israel,
Deu 8:3, 5.
Josiah,
2Ki 22:19.
Hezekiah,
2Ch 32:25, 26.
Manasseh,
2Ch 33:12.
Jonah,
Jon 2:7.
Prodigal son,
Luk 15:21.
Afflictions and Adversities: Consolation In
Gen 21:17; 16:7-13; 26:17, 33; 31:42; Exd 3:7, 8, 16, 17; 14:13, 14; Deu 33:27; 2Sa 22:28; Job 5:6-27; 11:16-19; 16:5; 29:25; 31:19-22; 35:10; Psa 9:9, 10; 23:4; 27:5, 6; 30:5; 31:7; 34:4, 19, 20; 37:23, 24, 32, 33; 41:3; 42:5; 46:1; 50:15; 55:22; 56:8-10; 62:1, 2, 5-8, 11, 12; 68:6; 69:20, 33; 71:20; 73:26; 94:17-19; 103:13, 14; 112:4; 119:50, 52, 54, 92, 143; 138:3, 7, 8; 140:12; 145:14; 147:3; Pro 12:13; Ecc 4:1; Isa 4:6; 14:31, 32; 25:4; 30:19, 20; 40:1, 2, 29; 41:10, 13, 14, 17; 42:3; 43:2; 49:13; 50:4, 7-10; 51:3-13; 54:4, 11; 58:10; 61:1-3; 63:9; 66:5, 13, 14; Jer 31:13, 25; 39:17, 18; Lam 3:31-33, 57; Eze 11:16; Hsa 2:14, 15; 6:1-3; Nah 1:7; Zep 3:18; Mat 5:4, 10-12; 10:29-31; 11:28; 14:27; 25:34-36, 40; 28:5, 9, 10; Mar 6:50; Luk 6:21-23; 7:13; 12:6, 7; 21:18; Jhn 14:1, 16, 18, 27; 15:18, 20; 16:20, 22, 33; Act 12:5; 23:11; Rom 8:28, 35-39; 12:12, 15; 15:4; 2Cr 1:3-5, 7; 4:8-10, 16, 17; 7:6; 12:9; Gal 6:2; Phl 1:19; 1Th 4:13, 16-18; 2Th 1:7; 2:16, 17; 2Ti 2:12; 4:17; Hbr 2:14, 15, 18; 4:15, 16; 6:18; 12:1-4; 13:3, 5, 6; Jam 1:12, 27; 5:8, 10; 1Pe 2:21-24; 4:12-14; 5:7; Rev 2:9, 10; 3:2, 10; 7:14-17
Afflictions and Adversities: Deliverance From
See PRAYER ANSWERED
Afflictions and Adversities: Design Of
Deu 8:2, 16; 30:1-3; 31:17; Jdg 2:21, 22; 1Ki 8:33-48; 2Ch 6:24-31; 7:13, 14; Job 33:11, 16-30; 36:8-10; Psa 66:10; 106:43, 44; 107:10-14, 17-21, 23-31; 119:71; Ecc 7:14; Isa 1:25-27; 4:3, 4; 9:13, 14; 52:5, 6; Jer 24:5; Lam 1:5; Eze 6:10; 14:10, 11; Dan 4:25-27, 34; Hsa 5:15; Amo 4:6; Mic 6:9; Mal 3:3; Jhn 9:2, 3; 11:4; 15:2; 21:19; 1Cr 11:32; 2Cr 1:4-6; 4:11, 17; 12:7; Phl 1:29, 30; 2Th 1:4, 5; Hbr 2:10-18; 5:8, 9; 12:5-11; 1Pe 1:6, 7; 5:10; Rev 2:10
See BENEFITS OF, above
Afflictions and Adversities: Despondency In
Job 4:5; 9:16-35; Psa 22:1, 2; Pro 24:10; Lam 3:39; Mat 27:46; Mar 15:34; Luk 18:1
Afflictions and Adversities: Dispensation of God
Exd 4:11; Deu 4:5-31; 28:15-68; 32:39; Rth 1:20, 21; 1Sa 2:6, 7; 2Sa 16:10; 2Ki 6:33; 15:5; 2Ch 7:12-22; Job 1:21; 5:6, 17, 18; 6:4; 9:12, 22; 10:8; 11:10; 12:14-25; 19:6, 21; 21:17; 23:16; 27:2; 30:11; 34:29; Psa 38:3; 66:11; 71:20; 78:31-34; 88:6, 7, 16; 89:38-45; 90:7, 15; 102:10, 23; Isa 30:20; 45:7; Jer 45:3; Lam 1:5; 3:1; Dan 4:24-26; Amo 3:6; Jon 2:3; Mic 1:12; Rom 8:20; 1Cr 11:32; Hbr 12:10; Rev 3:19
Afflictions and Adversities: From Satan
Job 1; 2; 2Cr 12:7
See TEMPTATION
Afflictions and Adversities: Impentinence In
See OBDURACY IN, below.
Afflictions and Adversities: Mocking At
Job 12:5; Pro 17:5
Afflictions and Adversities: Murmuring In
See MURMURING
Afflictions and Adversities: Obduracy In
Lev 26:23, 24, 27, 28; Job 36:12, 13; Psa 78:31, 32; Isa 8:21; 9:13; 22:12, 13; 26:11; 42:25; 57:17; Jer 2:30, 35; 3:3; 5:3; 7:28; Dan 9:13; Hsa 7:9, 10, 14; 9:17; Amo 4:6-11; Zep 3:2, 7; Hag 2:17; Rev 9:20, 21; 16:9-11, 21
As a Judgment. See JUDGMENT.
See IMPENITENCE.
Afflictions and Adversities: Instances Of
Pharaoh,
Exd 8:19; 9:30-34; 14:5-9.
Asa,
2Ch 16:12.
Ahaz,
2Ch 28:22, 23.
Afflictions and Adversities: Penitence In
Instances of:
Pharaoh,
Exd 8:8; 9:27-30; 12:30, 31; 14:5-9.
David,
2Sa 12:15, 16, 23.
Nebuchadnezzar,
Dan 4:28-37.
Levites,
Neh 9:33.
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In
Gen 32:11; 43:14; Exd 17:4; Num 20:16; 1Sa 1:10, 11; 2Sa 12:22; 15:31; 22:7; 1Ki 8:36-50; 2Ki 19:16, 19; 1Ch 5:20; 2Ch 6:24-39; 14:11; 20:4-13; 33:12, 13; Neh 4:4, 5, 9; 6:9, 14; 9:32; Job 10:2, 9, 15; 13:21; 16:20; Psa 3:1, 2, 7; 4:1; 5:8; 6:1-7; 7:1, 2, 6, 7; 9:13, 14; 10:1, 12-15; 13:1-4; 16:1; 17:1, 2, 6-9, 13, 14; 20:1, 2; 22:1-21; 25:2, 16-19, 22; 27:11, 12; 28:1; 30:9, 10; 31:1-4, 14-18; 35:1-3, 17, 19, 22, 23, 25; 38:1-22; 39:10, 12, 13; 40:13, 17; 42:9; 43:1-5; 44:4, 23-26; 50:15; 54:1-3; 55:1-17; 56:1-13; 57:1, 2; 59:1-17; 60:1-3, 11; 61:1, 2; 64:1, 2; 69:1-36; 70:1, 2; 71:1, 2, 4, 9, 12; 74:1, 3, 10, 11, 19, 21-23; 77:1, 2, 7-9; 79:1, 5, 8, 9, 11; 80:1, 3-5, 14; 83:1-18; 85:5-7; 86:1-17; 88:9-14; 89:39-51; 90:15; 94:1-23; 102:2, 24; 106:47; 108:6, 12; 109:1-31; 116:4; 119:22, 28, 39, 41, 42, 76, 77, 82, 84, 107, 121-123, 134, 145-149, 153, 154, 170, 173; 120:2; 123:3, 4; 126:4; 130:1-8; 140:1-13; 141:1-10; 142:1, 2, 5-7; 143:1-12; Isa 33:2; 38:2, 3, 14-19; 51:9; 63:15-17; 64:1, 9-12; Jer 10:24; 14:8, 9, 19-21; 15:15; 16:19; 17:17, 18; 18:19; 27:8; 32:16-25; Lam 1:9-11, 20; 2:18, 19; 5:1, 16, 17, 19-22; Dan 6:10; Joe 1:19; Jon 1:14; 2:1-10; Hab 1:12, 13; Mat 8:25; 14:30; 15:22-28; 26:39, 42, 44; 27:46; Mar 14:36; 15:34; Luk 18:1; 22:42; 23:46; Jhn 11:3; Act 4:29, 30; 7:59, 60; 2Cr 12:8; Jam 5:13-16
See PRAYER
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In, Answered
See PRAYER, ANSWERED
Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer for the Afflicted
See INTERCESSION
Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In
Job 5:17; 13:15; 34:31, 32, 34; Psa 4:4; 37:1; 46:10; Pro 3:11; Lam 3:22-36, 39; Mic 6:9; Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 21:19; 22:42; Jhn 18:11; Rom 5:3; 12:12; 2Cr 12:9; Phl 2:14; Col 1:11; 1Th 3:3; 2Th 1:4; 2Ti 2:3; 4:5; Hbr 10:34; 12:3-12; Jam 1:10; 4:7; 1Pe 1:6; 2:20; 4:12, 13, 19; 5:6, 7
Afflictions and Adversities: Resignation In, Exemplified
Jdg 10:15; 1Sa 3:18; 2Sa 12:23; 15:26; 16:10, 12; 24:14; 2Ki 4:26; 20:19; Neh 9:33; Est 4:16; Job 1:21, 22; 2:10; 13:15; 14:14; Psa 39:9; 71:20; 119:75; Isa 39:8; Jer 10:19; Lam 1:18; 3:39; Dan 9:14; Mic 7:9; Luk 23:40, 41; Act 21:14; Rom 5:3, 4; 2Cr 6:4-10; 7:4; 2Th 1:4; Jam 5:11
See RESIGNATION
Afflictions and Adversities: Instances of Resignation In
Aaron, at the death of Nadab and Abihu,
Lev 10:1-3.
Eli, when judgments against his house were foretold,
1Sa 3:15-18.
David, at the death of his child,
2Sa 12:23.
The Shunammite woman,
2Ki 4:18-37.
Jesus, in Gethsemane,
Mat 26:39; Mar 14:36; Luk 22:42; Jhn 18:11.
Paul and Silas in prison,
Act 16:23-25.
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