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 [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 · νηστειῶνAnd 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 · νηστείανNow when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished [them],2 Corinthians 6:5 · νηστείαις,In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;2 Corinthians 11:27 · νηστείαιςIn weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.