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νῆστις

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νῆστις, ὁ ορ ἡ, <Ε&γεν.</Ε& ιν ιος
Greek transliteration: 
nēstis
Simplified transliteration: 
nestis
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3523
GK Number: 
3765
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3e(5a)
Gloss: 
hungry, without food
Definition: 
can also be masc. with a gen. in ιδος (n-3c[2]), fasting, hungry, Mt. 15:32; Mk. 8:3*

Greek-English Concordance for νῆστις

Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry (nēsteis | νήστεις | acc pl masc), lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.”
Mark 8:3 If I send them to their homes without food (nēsteis | νήστεις | acc pl masc), they will faint from exhaustion on the way; and some of them have come from a distance.”