G3521

νηστεία 

Transliteration

nesteia;

Pronunciation

nace-ti'-ah

Parts of Speech

n f

Root Word (Etymology)

from 3522

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: TDNT 4:924

KJV Translation Count — 8x

The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: fasting (7), fast (1)

Outline of Biblical Usage

1. a fasting, fast
a. a voluntary, as a religious exercise
1. of private fasting
2. 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
b. a fasting caused by want or poverty

Strong's Definitions

nace-ti'-ah; from (3522) (νηστεύω); abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially the fast of the Day of Atonement: — fast (-ing).

Concordance Results Using KJV

Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and G3521.

KJV

And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and G3521.

KJV

And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with G3521s and prayers night and day.

KJV

And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with G3521, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

KJV

Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the G3521 was now already past, Paul admonished them,

KJV

Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to G3521 and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.

KJV

In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in G3521s;

KJV

In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in G3521s often, in cold and nakedness.

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