ἀσθένεια [2 verses] (noun sg fem nom) "Sickness" is from astheneia, which means "want of strength", "weakness", "disease", "sickness," [in a moral sense] "feebleness", "to be weak, feeble, or sickly", "to be too weak" [to do a thing], and "decline." -- The Greek word translated as "sickness" more generally means "weakness" and has the sense of a generally failing health rather than a specific disease or health problem.