G3521: νηστεία
nēsteía · “fasting”
Definition
abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
KJV translates it as: fast(-ing)
Word origin: from G3522 (νηστεύω);
Extended definition
(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)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3521 is translated
- with fastings. ×2
- with fastings ×1
- fasting ×1
- fast ×1
- to fastings ×1
- fastings, ×1
- fastings ×1
Bible verses with G3521 (nēsteía)
Nēsteía appears in 8 verses.
- Matthew 17:21
Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
- Mark 9:29
And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- Luke 2:37
And 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 14:23
And 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 27:9
Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
- 1 Corinthians 7:5
Defraud 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 6:5
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
- 2 Corinthians 11:27
In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.