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 is a widow of about eighty-four years, who did depart not from the temple, with fasts and supplications serving, night and day,Acts 14:23 · νηστειῶνand having appointed to them by vote elders in every assembly, having prayed with fastings, they commended them to the Lord in whom they had believed.Acts 27:9 · νηστείανAnd much time being spent, and the sailing being now dangerous—because of the fast also being already past—Paul was admonishing,2 Corinthians 6:5 · νηστείαις,in stripes, in imprisonments, in insurrections, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,2 Corinthians 11:27 · νηστείαιςin labouriousness and painfulness, in watchings many times, in hunger and thirst, in fastings many times, in cold and nakedness;