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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 20 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - After fasting forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show others they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - so that it will not be obvious to others that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then John’s disciples came and asked him, “How is it that we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while he is with them? The time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 - Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and on that day they will fast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - They said to him, “John’s disciples often fast and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours go on eating and drinking.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - Jesus answered, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast while he is with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; in those days they will fast.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - I fast twice a week and give a tenth of all I get.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - So after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.
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