Strong G3523νῆστις
fasting
- Transliteration
- nēstis
- Pronunciation
- nace'-tis
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
From the negative particle νη nē and G2068; not eating that is abstinent from food (religiously): - fasting.
Detailed definition
νῆστις, -ιος, ὁ, ἡ
(νη-, neg. prefix, + ἐσθίω),
in cl., chiefly poët.,
[in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) (טְוָת)*;]
not eating, fasting: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3.†
(AS)
(νη-, neg. prefix, + ἐσθίω),
in cl., chiefly poët.,
[in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) (טְוָת)*;]
not eating, fasting: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3523 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fast2
First verses
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
- Mark 8:3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
νῆστις,
genitive ιος or ιδος, ὁ and ἡ (see. below); also dative νήστει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 60: _plural_ νήστεις 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 138, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.16)]: (νη-, ἔδω):—not eating, fasting, of persons, ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν νήστιας, ἀκμήνους [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.207; νήστιες ἄχρι.. κνέφαος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.370, cf. Diocl.fragment 43, NT.Matt.15.32, etc.; νήστισιν ἐπιθέντες οἱ πολέμιοι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 12.1: with _genitive_, νῆστις βορᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 973: _metaphorically_, νῆστιν ἀνὰ.. ψάμμαν)] over the hungry sand, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 573 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with an abstract substantive, frequently in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, νῆστιν νόσον)]famine, [Refs (“Ag.” 1016 (Lyric poetry); ν. λιμός “Ch.” 250)]; νήστισιν αἰκίαις the pains of hunger, Pr.[Refs (599 (Lyric poetry))]; νήστιδες δύαι [Refs (“Ag.” 1621)]; also νῆστις ὀσμή the bad breath of one fasting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.91 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
3 active, causing hunger, starving, πνοαὶ νήστιδες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 193 (Lyric poetry).)]
II as substantive, νῆστις, ἡ, accusative νῆστιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 318.3, 506.4, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 110.)]
II.1 the intestinum jejunum, from its always being found empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ σαρκῶν” 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 506.4, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 63.5 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675b33.)]
II.2 ν. κεστρεύς, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 156, etc.)]: hence in Comedy texts, of 'empty bellies', ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποτρέχω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 256, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.307d.)]
II.3 Νῆστις, ἡ, ={ὕδωρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 6.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 322.)]
genitive ιος or ιδος, ὁ and ἡ (see. below); also dative νήστει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 60: _plural_ νήστεις 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 138, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Ars Rhetorica” 9.16)]: (νη-, ἔδω):—not eating, fasting, of persons, ἀνώγοιμι πτολεμίζειν υἷας Ἀχαιῶν νήστιας, ἀκμήνους [NT+8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.207; νήστιες ἄχρι.. κνέφαος 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.370, cf. Diocl.fragment 43, NT.Matt.15.32, etc.; νήστισιν ἐπιθέντες οἱ πολέμιοι 1st c.AD: Onosander (Onasander) Tacticus 12.1: with _genitive_, νῆστις βορᾶς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 973: _metaphorically_, νῆστιν ἀνὰ.. ψάμμαν)] over the hungry sand, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 573 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 with an abstract substantive, frequently in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus, νῆστιν νόσον)]famine, [Refs (“Ag.” 1016 (Lyric poetry); ν. λιμός “Ch.” 250)]; νήστισιν αἰκίαις the pains of hunger, Pr.[Refs (599 (Lyric poetry))]; νήστιδες δύαι [Refs (“Ag.” 1621)]; also νῆστις ὀσμή the bad breath of one fasting, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista “Praeparatio Sophistica” p.91 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)]
3 active, causing hunger, starving, πνοαὶ νήστιδες [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 193 (Lyric poetry).)]
II as substantive, νῆστις, ἡ, accusative νῆστιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 318.3, 506.4, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 110.)]
II.1 the intestinum jejunum, from its always being found empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ σαρκῶν” 19, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 506.4, 4th c.BC: Eubulus Comicus 63.5 (_anapaest meter_), compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 675b33.)]
II.2 ν. κεστρεύς, fish so called because its stomach was always found empty, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 156, etc.)]: hence in Comedy texts, of 'empty bellies', ἐγὼ δὲ κεστρεὺς νῆστις οἴκαδ᾽ ἀποτρέχω [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 256, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 7.307d.)]
II.3 Νῆστις, ἡ, ={ὕδωρ}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 6.3, compare 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 322.)]