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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 G2532 when he had fasted G3522 forty G5062 days G2250 and G2532 forty G5062 nights, G3571 he was afterward G5305 an hungred. G3983

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - Moreover G1161 when G3752 ye fast, G3522 be G1096 not, G3361 as G5618 the hypocrites, G5273 of a sad countenance: G4659 for G1063 they disfigure G853 their G846 faces, G4383 that G3704 they may appear G5316 unto men G444 to fast. G3522 Verily G281 I say G3004 unto you, G5213 G3754 They have G568 their G846 reward. G3408

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But G1161 thou, G4771 when thou fastest, G3522 anoint G218 thine G4675 head, G2776 and G2532 wash G3538 thy G4675 face; G4383

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - That G3704 thou appear G5316 not G3361 unto men G444 to fast, G3522 but G235 unto thy G4675 Father G3962 which G3588 is in G1722 secret: G2927 and G2532 thy G4675 Father, G3962 which G3588 seeth G991 in G1722 secret, G2927 shall reward G591 thee G4671 openly. G1722 G5318

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then G5119 came G4334 to him G846 the disciples G3101 of John, G2491 saying, G3004 Why G1302 do we G2249 and G2532 the Pharisees G5330 fast G3522 oft, G4183 but G1161 thy G4675 disciples G3101 fast G3522 not? G3756

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto them, G846 Can G3361 G1410 the children G5207 of the bridechamber G3567 mourn, G3996 as long as G1909 G3745 the bridegroom G3566 is G2076 with G3326 them? G846 but G1161 the days G2250 will come, G2064 when G3752 the bridegroom G3566 shall be taken G522 from G575 them, G846 and G2532 then G5119 shall they fast. G3522

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 - And G2532 the disciples G3101 of John G2491 and G2532 of the Pharisees G5330 used G2258 to fast: G3522 and G2532 they come G2064 and G2532 say G3004 unto him, G846 Why G1302 do G3522 ➔ the disciples G3101 of John G2491 and G2532 of the Pharisees G5330 fast, G3522 but G1161 thy G4674 disciples G3101 fast G3522 not? G3756

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And G2532 Jesus G2424 said G2036 unto them, G846 G3361 Can G1410 the children G5207 of the bridechamber G3567 fast, G3522 while G1722 G3739 the bridegroom G3566 is G2076 with G3326 them? G846 as long as G3745 G5550 they have G2192 the bridegroom G3566 with G3326 them, G1438 they cannot G3756 G1410 fast. G3522

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - But G1161 the days G2250 will come, G2064 when G3752 the bridegroom G3566 shall be taken away G522 from G575 them, G846 and G2532 then G5119 shall they fast G3522 in G1722 those G1565 days. G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - And G1161 they said G2036 unto G4314 him, G846 Why G1302 do G3522 ➔ the disciples G3101 of John G2491 fast G3522 often, G4437 and G2532 make G4160 prayers, G1162 and G2532 likewise G3668 the disciples G3588 of the Pharisees; G5330 but G1161 thine G4674 eat G2068 and G2532 drink? G4095

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And G1161 he said G2036 unto G4314 them, G846 G3361 Can ye G1410 make G4160 the children G5207 of the bridechamber G3567 fast, G3522 while G3739 G1722 the bridegroom G3566 is G2076 with G3326 them? G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - But G1161 the days G2250 will come, G2064 when G3752 G2532 the bridegroom G3566 shall be taken away G522 from G575 them, G846 and then G5119 shall they fast G3522 in G1722 those G1565 days. G2250

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - I fast G3522 twice G1364 in the week, G4521 I give tithes G586 of all G3956 that G3745 I possess. G2932

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 - And G2532 Cornelius G2883 said, G5346 Four G5067 days G2250 ago G575 I was G2252 fasting G3522 until G3360 this G5026 hour; G5610 and G2532 at the ninth G1766 hour G5610 I prayed G4336 in G1722 my G3450 house, G3624 and, G2532 behold, G2400 a man G435 stood G2476 before G1799 me G3450 in G1722 bright G2986 clothing, G2066

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - As G1161 they G846 ministered G3008 to the Lord, G2962 and G2532 fasted, G3522 the Holy G40 Ghost G4151 said, G2036 G1211 Separate G873 me G3427 G5037 Barnabas G921 and G2532 Saul G4569 for G1519 the work G2041 whereunto G3739 I have called G4341 them. G846

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - And G5119 when they had fasted G3522 and G2532 prayed, G4336 and G2532 laid G2007 ➔ their hands G5495 on G2007 them, G846 they sent them away. G630
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