Strong G777ἄσιτος
fasting
- Transliteration
- asitos
- Pronunciation
- as'-ee-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
ἄσιτος, -ον
(ἀ- neg., σῖτος)
fasting, without eating (cf. MM, see word): Act.27:33.†
(AS)
(ἀ- neg., σῖτος)
fasting, without eating (cf. MM, see word): Act.27:33.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G777 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fast1
First verses
- Acts 27:33And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἄσῑτ-ος, ον,
without food, fasting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.788, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 324, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 24, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40, 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.; ἰχθύς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 29)]. adverb -ως[LXX (“Mantissa Proverbiorum” 1.47: ἀσιτί LXX.Job.24.6.)]
II of forbidden food, εὐωχία ἄ.[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.398 (uncertain reading).)]
without food, fasting, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.788, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 324, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 24, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40, 5th c.BC: Phrynichus Comicus 3 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator, etc.; ἰχθύς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 29)]. adverb -ως[LXX (“Mantissa Proverbiorum” 1.47: ἀσιτί LXX.Job.24.6.)]
II of forbidden food, εὐωχία ἄ.[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.398 (uncertain reading).)]