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Feeble [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Weak; destitute of much physical strength; as, infants are feeble at their birth.

2. Infirm; sickly; debilitated by disease.

3. Debilitated by age or decline of life.

4. Not full or loud; as a feeble voice or sound.

5. Wanting force or vigor; as feeble efforts.

6. Not bright or strong; faint; imperfect; as feeble light; feeble colors.

7. Not strong or vigorous; as feeble powers of mind.

8. Not vehement or rapid; slow; as feeble motion.

Feeble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To weaken. [Not used. See Enfeeble .]

Feeble [Superlative] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Deficient in physical strength; weak; infirm; debilitated.

2. Wanting force, vigor, or efficiency in action or expression; not full, loud, bright, strong, rapid, etc.; faint; as, a feeble color; feeble motion.

Feeble [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To make feble; to enfeeble.

Feeble-minded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Weak in mind; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute.

2. Comfort the feeble-minded 1 Thessalonians 5:1 .

Feeble-minded [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Weak in intellectual power; wanting firmness or constancy; irresolute; vacilating; imbecile.

Feebleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Weakness of body or mind, from any cause; imbecility; infirmity; want of strength, physical or intellectual; as feebleness of the body or limbs; feebleness of the mind or understanding.

2. Want of fullness or loudness; as feebleness of voice.

3. Want of vigor or force; as feebleness of exertion, or of operation.

4. Defect of brightness; as feebleness of light or color.

Feebleness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or condition of being feeble; debility; infirmity.

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Genesis 30:42

But when the cattle were feeble, he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban’s, and the stronger Jacob’s.

But if the animals were weak, he did not set out the branches. So the weaker animals went to Laban and the stronger ones to Jacob.

Deuteronomy 25:18

How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.

1 Samuel 2:4

The bows of the mighty men are broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

The bows of the mighty are broken, but the feeble are equipped with strength.

1 Samuel 2:5

They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.

The well-fed hire themselves out for food, but the starving hunger no more. The barren woman gives birth to seven, but she who has many sons pines away.

2 Samuel 4:1

And when Saul’s son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron, his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

Now when Ish-bosheth son of Saul heard that Abner had died in Hebron, he lost courage, and all Israel was dismayed.

2 Chronicles 28:15

And the men which were expressed by name rose up, and took the captives, and with the spoil clothed all that were naked among them, and arrayed them, and shod them, and gave them to eat and to drink, and anointed them, and carried all the feeble of them upon asses, and brought them to Jericho, the city of palm trees, to their brethren: then they returned to Samaria.

Then the men who were designated by name arose, took charge of the captives, and provided from the plunder clothing for the naked. They clothed them, gave them sandals and food and drink, anointed their wounds, and put all the feeble on donkeys. So they brought them to Jericho, the City of Palms, to their brothers. Then they returned to Samaria.

Nehemiah 4:2

And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

before his associates and the army of Samaria, saying, “What are these feeble Jews doing? Can they restore the wall by themselves? Will they offer sacrifices? Will they complete it in a day? Can they bring these burnt stones back to life from the mounds of rubble?”

Job 4:3

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

Surely you have instructed many, and have strengthened their feeble hands.

Job 4:4

Thy words have upholden him that was falling, and thou hast strengthened the feeble knees.

Your words have steadied those who stumbled; you have braced the knees that were buckling.

Job 26:2

How hast thou helped him that is without power? how savest thou the arm that hath no strength?

“How you have helped the powerless and saved the arm that is feeble!

Psalms 38:8

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Psalms 105:37

He brought them forth also with silver and gold: and there was not one feeble person among their tribes.

He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

Proverbs 30:26

The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;

the rock badgers are creatures of little power, yet they make their homes in the rocks;

Isaiah 16:14

But now the LORD hath spoken, saying, Within three years, as the years of an hireling, and the glory of Moab shall be contemned, with all that great multitude; and the remnant shall be very small and feeble.

And now the LORD says, “In three years, as a hired worker counts the years, Moab’s splendor will become an object of contempt, with all her many people. And those who are left will be few and feeble.”

Isaiah 35:3

Strengthen ye the weak hands, and confirm the feeble knees.

Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!

Jeremiah 6:24

We have heard the fame thereof: our hands wax feeble: anguish hath taken hold of us, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

We have heard the report; our hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped us, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 47:3

At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his strong horses, at the rushing of his chariots, and at the rumbling of his wheels, the fathers shall not look back to their children for feebleness of hands;

at the sound of the galloping hooves of stallions, the rumbling of chariots, and the clatter of their wheels. The fathers will not turn back for their sons; their hands will hang limp.

Jeremiah 49:24

Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.

Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

Jeremiah 50:43

The king of Babylon hath heard the report of them, and his hands waxed feeble: anguish took hold of him, and pangs as of a woman in travail.

The king of Babylon has heard the report, and his hands hang limp. Anguish has gripped him, pain like that of a woman in labor.

Ezekiel 7:17

All hands shall be feeble, and all knees shall be weak as water.

Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water.