14 occurrences

'Weak' in the Bible

and ye shall see the land, what it is; and the people that dwell in it, whether they are strong or weak, few or many;

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalDealing With Many PeopleWhat Is This?Strong Nations

And Samson said to her, "If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings which have not been dried, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Verse ConceptsWeakness, PhysicalTying Up

And he said to her, "If they bind me with new ropes that have not been used, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Verse ConceptsArts And Crafts, Types ofUnused

And Deli'lah said to Samson, "Until now you have mocked me, and told me lies; tell me how you might be bound." And he said to her, "If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web and make it tight with the pin, then I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Verse ConceptsSpinning And WeavingTying Updreadlocks

And he told her all his mind, and said to her, "A razor has never come upon my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb. If I be shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man."

Verse ConceptsAbstinenceAsceticism, People PracticingBeardsHairsHeadsKnivesShavingYielding To TemptationSeparated To GodLong HairFrom The WombHair

And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and oxen, and beasts of the second bearing, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction; but everything that was mean and weak, that they destroyed utterly.

Verse ConceptsFatnessCovetousness, Example OfAnnihilation

And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too hard for me: Jehovah reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness!

Verse ConceptsEvildoersAnointing KingsNo Strength Left

Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands;

Verse ConceptsPeople TeachingEncouraging OthersWeakness

How weak is thy heart, saith the Lord Jehovah, seeing thou doest all these things, the work of a whorish woman, under no restraint;

Verse ConceptsLukewarmness

The weak have ye not strengthened, nor have ye healed the sick, and ye have not bound up what was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought for that which was lost; but with harshness and with rigour have ye ruled over them.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofdiseasesInjuryOppression, Nature OfUnkindnessWeakness, PhysicalBones BrokenWeak AnimalsNot Seeking PeopleReinstating PeopleOppressorsJoining Flesh And BonesLording ItLost PeopleNo HealingWeakness

Because ye thrust with side and with shoulder, and push all the weak ones with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad,

Verse ConceptsHornsShouldersScattered Like SheepHorns Of AnimalsHorns WeakenedPropelling

Beat your ploughshares into swords, and your pruning-knives into spears; let the weak say, I am strong.

Verse ConceptsPruningSpearsToolsWeakness, SpiritualAmbivalenceNo Strength To Cope

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Cowardly (5 instances)
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Degrading (3 instances)
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Faint (84 instances)
Feeble (165 instances)
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Imperfect (6 instances)
Impotent (5 instances)
Infirm (27 instances)