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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 21 times in 16 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - and having fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he hungered.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, downcast in countenance; for they disfigure their faces, so that they may appear fasting to men: verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But *thou*, when fasting, anoint thy head and wash thy face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - so that thou mayest not appear fasting unto men, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret shall render it to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then come to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees often fast, but thy disciples fast not?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will have been taken away from them, and then they will fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 - And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber 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 days will come when the bridegroom shall have been taken away from them, and then shall they fast in that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - And they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications, in like manner those also of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And he said to them, Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast when the bridegroom is with them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - But days will come when also the bridegroom will have been taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - I fast twice in the week, I tithe everything I gain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 - And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been fasting unto this hour, and the ninth I was praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid their hands on them, they let them go.
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