- νηστεία
- a fast
- νηστεία
- fasting, the day of atonement.
- νηστεία
- fasting
- G:N-F
- νηστεία, -ας, ἡ
(< νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם ;]
fasting, a fast;
__(a) of voluntary abstinence from food: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mrk.9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.),; of the Day of Atonement, Act.27:9;Refs
Luk.2:37, Act.14:23
__(b) of involuntary abstinence:.†Refs
2Co.6:5 11:27
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v (AS)
1) a fasting, fast
1a) a voluntary, as a religious exercise
1a1) of private fasting
1a2) the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms
1b) a fasting caused by want or poverty
1a) a voluntary, as a religious exercise
1a1) of private fasting
1a2) the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms
1b) a fasting caused by want or poverty
νηστεία
nēsteia
nace-ti'-ah
From G3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specifically the fast of the Day of Atonement
KJV Usage: fast (-ing.)