Strong's Lexicon
G3522 — νηστεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3522 |
|---|---|
| Word: | νηστεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G3523 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 20 |
| Transliteration: | nesteuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | nace-tyoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to abstain from food (religiously) |
| KJV Renderings: | fast |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
νηστεύω; future νηστεύσω; 1 aorist (infinitive νηστεῦσαι (Luk 5:34 T WH Tr text)), participle νηστεύσας; (from νῆστις, which see); to fast (Vulg. and ecclesiastical writingsjejano), i. e. to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, Mat 6:16-18; Mat 9:14; Mar 2:18-20; Luk 5:33,(); ; Act 10:30 R G; Act 13:2,(); or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days, Mat 4:2, cf. Mat 11:18; νηστευει συνεχῶς καί ἄρτον ἐσθίει μόνον μετά ἁλατος καί τό πότον αὐτοῦ ὕδωρ, Acta Thom. § 20. (Aristophanes, Plutarch, mor., p. 626f; Aelian v. h. 5, 20; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 34, 5 (where see Müller)); the Sept. for öåÌï.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νηστεύω (fast)
Matthew 4:2
- KJV: And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights he was afterward an hungred
- GK: και νηστεύσας ημέρας τεσσαράκοντα και νύκτας τεσσαράκοντα ύστερον επείνασε
Matthew 6:16
- KJV: Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you They have their reward
- GK: όταν δε νηστεύσητε μη γίνεσθε ώσπερ οι υποκριταί σκυθρωποί αφανίζουσι γαρ τα πρόσωπα αυτών όπως φανώσι τοις ανθρώποις νηστεύοντες αμήν λέγω υμίν ότι απέχουσι τον μισθόν αυτών
Matthew 6:17
- KJV: But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face
- GK: συ δε νηστεύων άλειψαί σου την κεφαλήν και το πρόσωπόν σου νίψαι
Matthew 6:18
- KJV: That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly
- GK: όπως μη φανής τοις ανθρώποις νηστεύων αλλά τω πατρί σου τω εν τω κρυπτώ και ο πατήρ σου ο βλέπων εν τω κρυπτώ αποδώσει σοι εν τω φανερώ
Matthew 9:14
- KJV: Then came to him the disciples of John saying Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft but thy disciples fast not
- GK: τότε προσέρχονται αυτώ οι μαθηταί Ιωάννου λέγοντες διατί ημείς και οι Φαρισαίοι νηστεύομεν πολλά οι δε μαθηταί σου ου νηστεύουσι
Matthew 9:15
- KJV: And Jesus said unto them Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them and then shall they fast
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς μη δύνανται οι υιοί του νυμφώνος πενθείν εφ΄ όσον μετ΄ αυτών εστιν ο νυμφίος ελεύσονται δε ημέραι όταν απαρθή απ΄ αυτών ο νυμφίος και τότε νηστεύσουσιν
Mark 2:18
- KJV: And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast and they come and say unto him Why the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast but thy disciples fast not
- GK: και ήσαν οι μαθηταί Ιωάννου και οι των Φαρισαίων νηστεύοντες και έρχονται και λέγουσιν αυτώ διατί οι μαθηταί Ιωάννου και οι των Φαρισαίων νηστεύουσιν οι δε σοι μαθηταί ου νηστεύουσι
Mark 2:19
- KJV: And Jesus said unto them Can the children of the bridechamber fast while the bridegroom is with them as long as they have the bridegroom with them they can not fast
- GK: και είπεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς μη δύνανται οι υιοί του νυμφώνος εν ω ο νυμφίος μετ΄ αυτών εστι νηστεύειν όσον χρόνον μεθ΄ εαυτών έχουσι τον νυμφίον ου δύνανται νηστεύειν
Mark 2:20
- KJV: But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them and then shall they fast in those days
- GK: ελεύσονται δε ημέραι όταν απαρθή απ΄ αυτών ο νυμφίος και τότε νηστεύσουσιν εν εκείναις ταις ημέραις
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