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)
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G3521 — νηστεία
nēsteia · fasting · Greek
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Luke 2:37 · νηστείαιςand she had been a widow even unto fourscore and four years), who departed not from the temple, worshipping with fastings and supplications night and day.Acts 14:23 · νηστειῶνAnd when they had appointed for them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they had believed.Acts 27:9 · νηστείανAnd when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,2 Corinthians 6:5 · νηστείαις,in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;2 Corinthians 11:27 · νηστείαιςin labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.