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Lexicon :: Strong's G3523 - nēstis

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νῆστις
Transliteration
nēstis (Key)
Pronunciation
nace'-tis
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the insep. negative particle ne- (not) and ἐσθίω (G2068)
mGNT
2x in 1 unique form(s) TR
2x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:924,632

Strong’s Definitions

νῆστις nēstis, nace'-tis; from the inseparable negative particle νή- nḗ- (not) and G2068; not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously):—fasting.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's G3523 in the following manner: fasting (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's G3523 in the following manner: fasting (2x).

  1. fasting, not having eaten

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νῆστις nēstis, nace'-tis; from the inseparable negative particle νή- nḗ- (not) and G2068; not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously):—fasting.
STRONGS G3523:
νῆστις, accusative plural νήστεις and (so Tdf. (cf. Proleg., p. 1183) νῆστις (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 326; Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 796f; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 157b); Buttmann, 26 (23)), ὁ, ἡ (from νή and ἐσθίω, see νήπιος), fasting, not having eaten: Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:3. (Homer, Aeschylus, Hippocrates (), Aristophanes, others.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:32
Mark
8:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3523 matches the Greek νῆστις (nēstis),
which occurs 2 times in 2 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:32 -

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, “I feel compassion for the crowd, because they have been with Me now three days and have nothing [left] to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, because they might faint [from exhaustion] on the way [home].”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:3 - “If I send them away to their homes hungry, they will faint [from exhaustion] on the road; because some of them have come a long way.”
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