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'Fast' in the Bible

For Jehovah had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abraham's wife.

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new ropes, and brought him up from the rock.

Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hearest thou not, my daughter? Go not to glean in another field, neither pass from hence, but abide here fast by my maidens.

And Ruth the Moabitess said, Yea, he said unto me, Thou shalt keep fast by my young men, until they have ended all my harvest.

So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz, to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law.

Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

And she wrote in the letters, saying, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people:

They proclaimed a fast, and set Naboth on high among the people.

But Elisha was sitting in his house, and the elders were sitting with him; and the king'sent a man from before him: but ere the messenger came to him, he said to the elders, See ye how this son of a murderer hath sent to take away my head? look, when the messenger cometh, shut the door, and hold the door fast against him: is not the sound of his master's feet behind him?

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river Ahava, that we might humble ourselves before our God, to seek of him a straight way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, to destroy him without cause.

Then said his wife unto him, Dost thou still hold fast thine integrity? renounce God, and die.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

And thou hast laid fast hold on me, which is a witness against me : And my leanness riseth up against me, It testifieth to my face.

My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

When the dust runneth into a mass, And the clods cleave fast together?

My steps have held fast to thy paths, My feet have not slipped.

An evil disease,'say they , cleaveth fast unto him; And now that he lieth he shall rise up no more.

My lovingkindness will I keep for him for evermore; And my covenant shall stand fast with him.

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that holdeth it fast; that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

For thus saith Jehovah of the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and hold fast my covenant:

Also the foreigners that join themselves to Jehovah, to minister unto him, and to love the name of Jehovah, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the sabbath from profaning it, and holdeth fast my covenant;

Wherefore have we fasted,'say they , and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure, and exact all your labors.

Behold, ye fast for strife and contention, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye fast not this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high.

Is such the fast that I have chosen? the day for a man to afflict his soul? Is it to bow down his head as a rush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acceptable day to Jehovah?

Is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke?

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt-offering and meal-offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume them by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence.

Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah.

The calamity of Moab is near to come, and his affliction hasteth fast.

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The children of Israel and the children of Judah are oppressed together; and all that took them captive hold them fast; they refuse to let them go.

Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the old men and all the inhabitants of the land unto the house of Jehovah your God, and cry unto Jehovah.

Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly;

Then the mariners were afraid, and cried every man unto his god; and they cast forth the wares that were in the ship into the sea, to lighten it unto them. But Jonah was gone down into the innermost parts of the ship; and he lay, and was fast asleep.

And the people of Nineveh believed God; and they proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month , even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: The fast of the fourth month , and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love truth and peace.

Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have received their reward.

that thou be not seen of men to fast, but of thy Father who is in secret: and thy Father, who seeth in secret, shall recompense thee.

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast.

And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.

Ye leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.

And they said unto him, The disciples of John fast often, and make supplications; likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink.

And Jesus said unto them, Can ye make the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

But the days will come; and when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, then will they fast in those days.

Jesus saith unto them, Come and break your fast. And none of the disciples durst inquire of him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.

So when they had broken their fast, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,'son of John, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my lambs.

who, having received such a charge, cast them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.

And when much time was spent, and the voyage was now dangerous, because the Fast was now already gone by, Paul admonished them,

Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.

By Silvanus, our faithful brother, as I account him , I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and testifying that this is the true grace of God. Stand ye fast therein.

I know where thou dwellest, even where Satan's throne is; and thou holdest fast my name, and didst not deny my faith, even in the days of Antipas my witness, my faithful one, who was killed among you, where Satan dwelleth.

Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
מרחק 
merchaq 
Usage: 18

רחק רחוק 
Rachowq 
Usage: 85

שׁמן 
Shaman 
Usage: 4

μακράν 
Makran 
Usage: 7

προσπίπτω 
Prospipto 
Usage: 7

דּשׁן 
Dashen 
Usage: 11

חללה חלילה 
Chaliylah 
God forbid , far be it , be...far , Lord forbid ,
Usage: 20

יפה 
Yapheh 
Usage: 41

יתום 
Yathowm 
Usage: 42

מריא 
M@riy' 
Usage: 8

משׁמן 
Mashman 
Usage: 7

נבל 
Nabel 
Usage: 25

נפל 
N@phal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 11

ἀποδημέω 
Apodemeo 
Usage: 0

ἐκλύω 
Ekluo 
Usage: 4

ἐπιπίπτω 
Epipipto 
fall , fall on , press , lie
Usage: 12

καταβαίνω 
Katabaino 
Usage: 63

καταπίπτω 
Katapipto 
Usage: 2

κοιμάω 
Koimao 
sleep , fall asleep , be asleep , fall on sleep , be dead
Usage: 16

πατήρ 
Pater 
Usage: 180

πατρῷος 
Patroos 
of fathers , of the fathers
Usage: 3

περιπίπτω 
Peripipto 
Usage: 2

H1
אב 
'ab 
Usage: 1214

H2
אב 
'ab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 9

H6
אבד 
'abad 
Usage: 184

H75
אבס 
'abac 
Usage: 2

אדּיר 
'addiyr 
Usage: 27

אוב 
'owb 
Usage: 17

און 
'aven 
Usage: 79

אזל 
'azal 
gone , fail , gaddest about , to and fro , spent
Usage: 6

אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

אלף 
'eleph 
Usage: 8

אמוּן 
'emuwn 
Usage: 5

אמנה אמוּנה 
'emuwnah 
Usage: 49

אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

אמן 
'aman (Aramaic) 
Usage: 3

אמת 
'emeth 
Usage: 127

אנף 
'anaph (Aramaic) 
Usage: 2

אספּרנא 
'ocparna' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

אף 
'aph 
Usage: 276

אפס 
'aphec 
Usage: 5

אשׁם אשׁם 
'asham 
Usage: 35

אשׁם 
'ashem 
Usage: 3

בּית 
Bayith 
Usage: 2053

בּקק 
Baqaq 
Usage: 9

בּרא 
Bara' 
Usage: 54

בּרח 
Barach 
Usage: 64

בּרי 
B@riy 
fat
Usage: 0

בּריא 
Bariy' 
Usage: 14

בּשׂר 
Basar 
Usage: 270

גּעל 
Ga`al 
Usage: 10

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

דּודה 
Dowdah 
Usage: 3

דּוה 
Daveh 
Usage: 5

דּוּי 
Davvay 
Usage: 3

דּלל 
Dalal 
Usage: 9

דּמוּת 
D@muwth 
Usage: 25

דּשׁן 
Dashen 
fat
Usage: 3

דּשׁן 
Deshen 
Usage: 15

הלא 
Hala' 
Usage: 1

הנּה 
hennah 
Usage: 55

זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

זוּר 
Zuwr 
Usage: 77

זנח 
Zanach 
Usage: 20

זרה 
Zarah 
Usage: 39

חדל 
Chadal 
Usage: 58

חטא 
Chata' 
Usage: 238

חטא 
Chet' 
Usage: 33

חלב חלב 
Cheleb 
Usage: 92

חלץ 
Chalats 
Usage: 44

חם 
Cham 
father in law
Usage: 4

חמס 
Chamac 
Usage: 60

חן 
Chen 
Usage: 69

חנן 
Chanan 
Usage: 77

חסד 
Checed 
Usage: 247

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 22

חסר 
Chacer 
Usage: 18

חפץ 
Chaphets 
delight , please , desire , will , pleasure , favour , like , moveth , would , at all
Usage: 76

חפץ 
Chaphets 
Usage: 10

טבע 
Taba` 
Usage: 10

טהר טהור 
Tahowr 
Usage: 95

טוב 
Towb 
Usage: 553

טוּב 
Tuwb 
Usage: 32

טות 
T@vath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

טף 
Taph 
Usage: 42

יגע 
Yaga` 
Usage: 26

יחמוּר 
Yachmuwr 
Usage: 2

יעף 
Ya`aph 
Usage: 9

יעף 
Ya`@ph 
Usage: 4

יפה 
Yaphah 
Usage: 8

יפה־פיּה 
Y@pheh-phiyah 
Usage: 1

יצב 
Yatsab 
Usage: 48

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

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