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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 after He had fasted G3522 for forty days and forty nights, He [fn]then became hungry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 -

“Now whenever you fast G3522, do not make a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they [fn]distort their faces so that they will be noticed by people when they are fasting G3522. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - “But as for you, when you fast G3522, [fn]anoint your head and wash your face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - so that your fasting G3522 will not be noticed by people but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

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Then the disciples of John *came to Him, asking, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast G3522, but Your disciples do not fast G3522?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - And Jesus said to them, “The [fn]attendants of the groom cannot mourn as long as the groom is with them, can they? But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast G3522.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 -

John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting G3522; and they *came and *said to Him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast G3522, but Your disciples do not fast G3522?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, “While the groom is with them, [fn]the attendants of the groom cannot fast G3522, can they? As long as they have the groom with them, they cannot fast G3522.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - “But the days will come when the groom is taken away from them, and then they will fast G3522, on that day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 -

And they said to Him, “The disciples of John often fast G3522 and offer prayers, the disciples of the Pharisees also do [fn]the same, but Yours eat and drink.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And Jesus said to them, “You cannot make the [fn]attendants of the groom fast G3522 while the groom is with them, can you?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - “But the days will come; and when the groom is taken away from them, then they will fast G3522 in those days.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - ‘I fast G3522 twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:30 -

Cornelius said, “Four days ago to this hour, I was praying in my house during the [fn]ninth hour; and behold, a man stood before me in shining clothing,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - While they were [fn]serving the Lord and fasting G3522, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for Me for the work to which I have called them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - Then, when they had fasted G3522, prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
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