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Lexicon :: Strong's G3522 - nēsteuō

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νηστεύω
Transliteration
nēsteuō (Key)
Pronunciation
nace-tyoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TDNT Reference: 4:924,632

Strong’s Definitions

νηστεύω nēsteúō, nace-tyoo'-o; from G3523; to abstain from food (religiously):—fast.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G3522 in the following manner: fast (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G3522 in the following manner: fast (21x).

  1. to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νηστεύω nēsteúō, nace-tyoo'-o; from G3523; to abstain from food (religiously):—fast.
STRONGS G3522:
νηστεύω; future νηστεύσω; 1 aorist (infinitive νηστεῦσαι (Luke 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, Matthew 6:16-18; Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18-20; Luke 5:33,(Luke 5:34,35); Luke 18:12; [(cf. 'Teaching' 8, 1 and Harnack or Schaff ad loc.)] Acts 10:30 R G; Acts 13:2,(Acts 13:3); or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days, Matthew 4:2, cf. Matthew 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 צוּן.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:2; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 9:14; 11:18
Mark
2:18; 2:19; 2:20
Luke
5:33; 5:34; 5:34; 5:35; 18:12
Acts
10:30; 13:2; 13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3522 matches the Greek νηστεύω (nēsteuō),
which occurs 20 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - "Moreover when you fast, don't be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then Yochanan's talmidim came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Perushim fast often, but your talmidim don't fast?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - Yeshua said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 - Yochanan's talmidim and the Perushim were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do Yochanan's talmidim and the talmidim of the Perushim fast, but your talmidim don't fast?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - Yeshua said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - They said to him, "Why do Yochanan's talmidim often fast and pray, likewise also the talmidim of the Perushim, but yours eat and drink?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - As they served the Lord and fasted, the Ruach HaKodesh said, "Separate Bar-Nabba and Sha'ul for me, for the work to which I have called them."

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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