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Lexicon :: Strong's G3521 - nēsteia

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νηστεία
Transliteration
nēsteia (Key)
Pronunciation
nace-ti'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:924,632

Strong’s Definitions

νηστεία nēsteía, nace-ti'-ah; from G3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement:—fast(-ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's G3521 in the following manner: fasting (7x), feast (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's G3521 in the following manner: fasting (7x), feast (1x).

  1. a fasting, fast

    1. a voluntary, as a religious exercise

      1. of private fasting

      2. the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms

    2. a fasting caused by want or poverty

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νηστεία nēsteía, nace-ti'-ah; from G3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement:—fast(-ing).
STRONGS G3521:
νηστεία, νηστείας, ἡ (νηστεύω, which see), a fasting, fast, i. e. abstinence from food, and
a. voluntary, as a religious exercise: of private fasting, Matthew 17:21 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mark 9:29 (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets); Luke 2:37; Acts 14:23; 1 Corinthians 7:5 Rec. of the public fast prescribed by the Mosaic Law (Leviticus 16:29ff; 23:27ff (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: Acts 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: 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:27; (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, Aelian, Athen., others; the Sept. for צום).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Leviticus
16:29; 23:27
Matthew
17:21
Mark
9:29
Luke
2:37
Acts
14:23; 27:9
1 Corinthians
7:5
2 Corinthians
6:5; 11:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3521 matches the Greek νηστεία (nēsteia),
which occurs 26 times in 22 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:16 - David begged God to spare the child. He went without food and lay all night on the bare ground.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:9 - In her letters she commanded: “Call the citizens together for fasting and prayer, and give Naboth a place of honor.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:12 - They called for a fast and put Naboth at a prominent place before the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 20:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 20:3 - Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the LORD for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:21 - And there by the Ahava Canal, I gave orders for all of us to fast and humble ourselves before our God. We prayed that he would give us a safe journey and protect us, our children, and our goods as we traveled.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 9:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:1 - On October 31[fn] the people assembled again, and this time they fasted and dressed in burlap and sprinkled dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 35:13

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 35:13 - Yet when they were ill, I grieved for them.
I denied myself by fasting for them,
but my prayers returned unanswered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 69:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 69:10 - When I weep and fast,
they scoff at me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:24 - My knees are weak from fasting,
and I am skin and bones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:13 - Stop bringing me your meaningless gifts;
the incense of your offerings disgusts me!
As for your celebrations of the new moon and the Sabbath
and your special days for fasting—
they are all sinful and false.
I want no more of your pious meetings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:3 - ‘We have fasted before you!’ they say.
‘Why aren’t you impressed?
We have been very hard on ourselves,
and you don’t even notice it!’
“I will tell you why!” I respond.
“It’s because you are fasting to please yourselves.
Even while you fast,
you keep oppressing your workers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:5

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:5 - You humble yourselves
by going through the motions of penance,
bowing your heads
like reeds bending in the wind.
You dress in burlap
and cover yourselves with ashes.
Is this what you call fasting?
Do you really think this will please the LORD?

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 58:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:6 - “No, this is the kind of fasting I want:
Free those who are wrongly imprisoned;
lighten the burden of those who work for you.
Let the oppressed go free,
and remove the chains that bind people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:6 - So you go to the Temple on the next day of fasting, and read the messages from the LORD that I have had you write on this scroll. Read them so the people who are there from all over Judah will hear them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:9 - He did this on a day of sacred fasting held in late autumn,[fn] during the fifth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah. People from all over Judah had come to Jerusalem to attend the services at the Temple on that day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:3 - So I turned to the Lord God and pleaded with him in prayer and fasting. I also wore rough burlap and sprinkled myself with ashes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 1:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 1:14 - Announce a time of fasting;
call the people together for a solemn meeting.
Bring the leaders
and all the people of the land
into the Temple of the LORD your God,
and cry out to him there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:12 - That is why the LORD says,
“Turn to me now, while there is time.
Give me your hearts.
Come with fasting, weeping, and mourning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Joe 2:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:15 - Blow the ram’s horn in Jerusalem!
Announce a time of fasting;
call the people together
for a solemn meeting.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jon 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:5 - The people of Nineveh believed God’s message, and from the greatest to the least, they declared a fast and put on burlap to show their sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:5 - “Say to all your people and your priests, ‘During these seventy years of exile, when you fasted and mourned in the summer and in early autumn,[fn] was it really for me that you were fasting?

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:19 - “This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: The traditional fasts and times of mourning you have kept in early summer, midsummer, autumn, and winter[fn] are now ended. They will become festivals of joy and celebration for the people of Judah. So love truth and peace.
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