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fok: The translation of `am, `am "a people or nation" (Gen 33:15, "some of the folk that are with me"; Prov 30:26, "The conies are but a feeble folk"); of le'om, with the same meaning (Jer 51:58, "the folk in the fire," the Revised Version (British and American) "the nations for the fire"); "sick folk" is the translation of arrhostos, "not strong" (Mk 6:5); of ton asthenounton, participle of astheneo, "to be without strength," "weak," "sick" (Jn 5:3, the Revised Version (British and American) "them that were sick"); "sick folks," of astheneis plural of asthenes, "without strength," the Revised Version (British and American) "sick folk" (Acts 5:16).
W. L. Walker Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'folk'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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