Ill
ἄρρωστοςStrong’s G0732arrōstos
Appears in 5 verses of the New Testament
In short
Arrōstos is the Greek word usually translated “sick”. It appears in 5 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.”
Meaning
Usually translated “sick”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- sick 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 3
- Matthew 1
- 1 Corinthians 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 6:5And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them.
- Mark 6:13And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them.
- Mark 16:18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
- 1 Corinthians 11:30For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
Greek dictionary
ἄρρωστος arrōstos · ill
ἄρρωστος, -ον (ἀ- neg., ῥώννυμι), [in LXX: 3Ki.14:5Α, Mal.1:8 (חָלָה), Sir.7:35 * ;] feeble, sickly: Mat.14:14, Mrk.6:5, 13 16:18, 1Co.11:30.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
ILL, noun
- Bad or evil, in a general sense; contrary to good, physical or moral; applied to things; evil; wicked; wrong; iniquitous; as, his ways are ill; he sets an ill example.
- Producing evil or misfortune; as an ill star or planet.
- Bad; evil; unfortunate; as an ill end; an ill fate.
- Unhealthy; insalubrious; as an ill air or climate.
All definitions and other forms of “ill”
- Cross; crabbed; surly; peevish; as ill nature; ill temper.
- Diseased; disordered; sick or indisposed; applied to persons; as, the man is ill; he has been ill a long time; he is ill of a fever.
- Diseased; impaired; as an ill state of health.
- Discordant; harsh; disagreeable; as an ill sound.
- Homely; ugly; as ill looks, or an ill countenance.
- Unfavorable; suspicious; as when we say, this affair bears an ill look or aspect.
- Rude; unpolished; as ill breeding; ill manners.
- Not proper; not regular or legitimate; as an ill expression in grammar.
ILL, noun
Wickedness; depravity; evil.
- Misfortune; calamity; evil; disease; pain; whatever annoys or impairs happiness, or prevents success.
ILL, adverb
Not well; not rightly or perfectly.
- Not easily; with pain or difficulty.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.