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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 - And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “Moreover, when you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I say to you, they have 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 do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often,[fn] but Your disciples do not fast?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - And Jesus 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 - The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot 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 they will fast in those days.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - Then they said to Him, “Why do[fn] the disciples of John fast often and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but Yours eat and drink?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And 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 possess.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Now separate to Me Barnabas and Saul 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, having fasted and prayed, and laid hands on them, they sent them away.
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