Strong G776ἀσιτία
fasting
- Transliteration
- asitia
- Pronunciation
- as-ee-tee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G777; fasting (the state): - abstinence.
Detailed definition
ἀσιτία, -ας, ἡ
(ἄσιτος),
fasting, abstinence from food: Act.27:21.†
SYN.: νηστεία (MM, ut infr.) (AS)
(ἄσιτος),
fasting, abstinence from food: Act.27:21.†
SYN.: νηστεία (MM, ut infr.) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G776 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abstinence1
First verses
- Acts 27:21But after long abstinence Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσῑτ-ία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, want of food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1105 (both _plural_).)]
II abstinence from food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180b9.)]
II.2 want of appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.6.)]
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, want of food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.52, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 1105 (both _plural_).)]
II abstinence from food, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 34, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180b9.)]
II.2 want of appetite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 7.6.)]