Gloss
fasting, going without food
Forms of the word
Dictionary
νηστεία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
nēsteia
Simplified transliteration
nesteia
Numbers
Strong's number
3521
GK Number
3763
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
5
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for νηστεία
| Luke 2:37 | and then she was a widow until she was eighty-four She did not leave the temple, worshipping night and day with fasting (nēsteiais | νηστείαις | dat pl fem) and prayer. |
| Acts 14:23 | And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, praying with fasting (nēsteiōn | νηστειῶν | gen pl fem), they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed. |
| Acts 27:9 | Since considerable time had passed and the voyage was now dangerous because the fast (nēsteian | νηστείαν | acc sg fem) had already gone by, Paul advised them, |
| 2 Corinthians 6:5 | in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in times of sleeplessness and hunger (nēsteiais | νηστείαις | dat pl fem); |
| 2 Corinthians 11:27 | in toil and hard work, often in need of sleep, in hunger and thirst, many times without food, in cold and nakedness. |
