Strong G3521νηστεία
fasting
- Transliteration
- nēsteia
- Pronunciation
- nace-ti'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3522; abstinence (from lack of food or voluntary and religious); specifically the fast of the Day of Atonement: - fast (-ing.)
Detailed definition
νηστεία, -ας, ἡ
(νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם;]
fasting, a fast;
__(a) of voluntary abstinence from food: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mrk.9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.), Luk.2:37, Act.14:23; of the Day of Atonement, Act.27:9;
__(b) of involuntary abstinence: 2Co.6:5 11:27.†
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v (AS)
(νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם;]
fasting, a fast;
__(a) of voluntary abstinence from food: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mrk.9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.), Luk.2:37, Act.14:23; of the Day of Atonement, Act.27:9;
__(b) of involuntary abstinence: 2Co.6:5 11:27.†
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3521 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fast5
- fasting3
First verses
- Matthew 17:21Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
- Mark 9:29And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- Luke 2:37And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
- Acts 14:23And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
- Acts 27:9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
- 1 Corinthians 7:5Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
νηστ-εία, ἡ,
fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.186, cf. LXX.Isa.1.13, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.40, NT.Act.27.9; νηστείην φέρειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.13)]; νηστείας ὄζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (νῆστις 1.2) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 908b12)]; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.307f, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.39, compare “PCair.Zen.” 350.5 (3rd c.BC).)]
fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.186, cf. LXX.Isa.1.13, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 16.2.40, NT.Act.27.9; νηστείην φέρειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.13)]; νηστείας ὄζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (compare (νῆστις 1.2) 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 908b12)]; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.307f, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.39, compare “PCair.Zen.” 350.5 (3rd c.BC).)]