Strong's Lexicon
G3521 — νηστεία
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3521 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νηστεία |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G3522 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 5 |
| Transliteration: | nesteia |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nace-tei'-ah |
| Meaning: | 1. abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious) 2. (specially) the fast of the Day of Atonement |
| KJV Renderings: | fast(-ing) |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νηστεία, νηστείας, ἡ (νηστεύω, which see), a fasting, fast, i. e. abstinence from food, and a. voluntary, as a religious exercise: of private fasting, Mat 17:21 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mar 9:29 (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets); Luk 2:37; Act 14:23; 1Co 7:5 Rec. of the public fast prescribed by the Mosaic Law (Lev 16:29 ff; Lev 23:27 ff (BB. DD. under the word , and for references to Strabo, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, see Sophocles’ Lexicon, under the word, 1)) and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month Tisri: Act 27:9 (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October (cf. B. D. under the word (at end)); the fast, accordingly, occurred in the autumn, ἡ χειμέριος ὥρα, when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms, as was the case with the voyage referred to).
b. a fasting to which one is driven by want: 2Co 6:5; 2Co 11:27; (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, Aelian, Athen., others; the Sept. for öåí).
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
νηστεία (fast(-ing))
Matthew 17:21
- KJV: Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting
- GK: τούτο δε το γένος ουκ εκπορεύεται ει εν προσευχή και νηστεία
Mark 9:29
- KJV: And he said unto them This kind can come forth by nothing but by prayer and fasting
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς τούτο το γένος εν ουδενί δύναται εξελθείν ει εν προσευχή και νηστεία
Luke 2:37
- KJV: And she a widow of about fourscore and four years which departed not from the temple but served with fastings and prayers night and day
- GK: και αύτη χήρα ως ετών ογδοηκοντατεσσάρων η ουκ αφίστατο από του ιερού νηστείαις και δεήσεσι λατρεύουσα νύκτα και ημέραν
Acts 14:23
- KJV: 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
- GK: χειροτονήσαντες δε αυτοίς πρεσβυτέρους κατ΄ εκκλησίαν προσευξάμενοι μετά νηστειών παρέθεντο αυτούς τω κυρίω εις ον πεπιστεύκεισαν
Acts 27:9
- KJV: Now when much time was spent and when sailing was now dangerous because the fast was now already past Paul admonished
- GK: ικανού δε χρόνου διαγενομένου και όντος ήδη επισφαλούς του πλοός διά το και την νηστείαν ήδη παρεληλυθέναι παρήνει ο Παύλος
1 Corinthians 7:5
- KJV: Defraud ye not one the other except 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
- GK: μη αποστερείτε αλλήλους ει μη τι εκ συμφώνου προς καιρόν ίνα σχολάζητε τη νηστεία και τη προσευχή και πάλιν επί το αυτό συνέρχησθε ίνα μη πειράζη υμάς ο σατανάς διά την ακρασίαν υμών
2 Corinthians 6:5
- KJV: In stripes in imprisonments in tumults in labours in watchings in fastings
- GK: εν πληγαίς εν φυλακαίς εν ακαταστασίαις εν κόποις εν αγρυπνίαις εν νηστείαις
2 Corinthians 11:27
- KJV: In weariness and painfulness in watchings often in hunger and thirst in fastings often in cold and nakedness
- GK: εν κόπω και μόχθω εν αγρυπνίαις πολλάκις εν λιμώ και δίψει εν νηστείαις πολλάκις εν ψύχει και γυμνότητι