27 occurrences

'Fasting' in the Bible

“This shall be a permanent statute for you: in the seventh month (nearly October) on the tenth day of the month you shall humble yourselves [by fasting] and not do any work, whether the native-born or the stranger who lives temporarily among you;

It is a Sabbath of solemn rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute.

“Also the tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement; it shall be a holy convocation for you, and you shall humble yourselves [by fasting] and present an offering by fire to the Lord.

If there is any person who will not humble himself on this same day, he shall be cut off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].

It is to be to you a Sabbath of complete rest, and you shall humble yourselves. On the ninth day of the month at evening, from evening to evening you shall keep your Sabbath.”

Now on the twenty-fourth day of this month the Israelites assembled with fasting and in sackcloth and with dirt on their heads.

In each and every province that the decree and law of the king reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth (mourning garment);I humbled my soul with fasting,And I prayed with my head bowed on my chest.

When I wept and humbled myself with fasting,It became my reproach.

“The facts are that you fast only for strife and brawling and to strike with the fist of wickedness.You do not fast as you do today to make your voice heard on high.

“Is a fast such as this what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself [with sorrow in his soul]?Is it only to bow down his head like a reedAnd to make sackcloth and ashes as a bed [pretending to have a repentant heart]?Do you call this a fast and a day pleasing to the Lord?

So you go to the Lord’s house on a day of fasting and read from the scroll the words of the Lord to the people which you have written as I dictated. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.

Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.

“Even now,” says the Lord,“Turn and come to Me with all your heart [in genuine repentance],With fasting and weeping and mourning [until every barrier is removed and the broken fellowship is restored];

“And whenever you are fasting, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites, for they put on a sad and dismal face [like actors, discoloring their faces with ashes or dirt] so that their fasting may be seen by men. I assure you and most solemnly say to you, they [already] have their reward in full.

so that your fasting will not be noticed by people, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees [what is done] in secret will reward you.

Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting [as a ritual]; and they came and asked Jesus, “Why are John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fasting, but Your disciples are not doing so?”

He replied to them, “This kind [of unclean spirit] cannot come out by anything but prayer [to the Father].”

Then they said to Him, “The disciples of John [the Baptist] often practice fasting and offer prayers [of special petition], and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but Yours eat and drink.”

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אחז 
'achaz 
Usage: 66

אמן 
'aman 
Usage: 108

אספּרנא 
'ocparna' (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

דּבק 
Dabaq 
Usage: 54

טבע 
Taba` 
Usage: 10

טות 
T@vath (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

יצב 
Yatsab 
Usage: 48

יצק 
Yatsaq 
Usage: 53

לחץ 
Lachats 
Usage: 19

נחת 
Nachath 
Usage: 9

נטע 
Nata` 
Usage: 58

סמך 
Camak 
Usage: 48

צוּם 
Tsuwm 
fast , at all
Usage: 21

צם צום 
Tsowm 
Usage: 26

צמד 
Tsamad 
Usage: 5

צנח 
Tsanach 
Usage: 3

רדם 
Radam 
Usage: 7

תּקע 
Taqa` 
Usage: 68

ἄσιτος 
Asitos 
Usage: 1

ἀσφαλίζω 
Asphalizo 
Usage: 4

ἀτενίζω 
Atenizo 
Usage: 14

ἐρείδω 
Ereido 
Usage: 1

καθάπτω 
Kathapto 
fasten on
Usage: 1

κατέχω 
Katecho 
hold , hold fast , keep , possess , stay , take , have , make ,
Usage: 16

κρατέω 
Krateo 
hold , take , lay hold on , hold fast , take by , lay hold upon , lay hand on ,
Usage: 33

νηστεία 
Nesteia 
Usage: 6

νηστεύω 
Nesteuo 
Usage: 10

νῆστις 
Nestis 
Usage: 0

στήκω 
Steko 
Usage: 7

τηρέω 
Tereo 
Usage: 49