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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).
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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 5 times in 5 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 2:37

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:37 - and as a widow till she was eighty-four. She did not depart from the temple, worshiping with fasting and prayer night and day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 14:23 - And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 27:9 - As much time had been lost, and the voyage was already dangerous because the fast had already gone by, Paul advised them,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:5 - beatings, imprisonments, tumults, labors, watching, hunger;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 11:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 11:27 - in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure.
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