Word Summary
nēsteuō: to fast
Original Word: νηστεύωTransliteration: nēsteuō
Phonetic Spelling: (nace-tyoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fast
Meaning: to fast
Strong's Concordance
to fast.
From nestis; to abstain from food (religiously) -- fast.
see GREEK nestis
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3522: νηστεύωνηστεύω; future
νηστεύσω; 1 aorist (infinitive
νηστεῦσαι (
Luke 5:34 T WH Tr text)), participle
νηστεύσας; (from
νῆστις, which see);
to fast (
Vulg. and ecclesiastical writings
jejano), i. e.
to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day,
Matthew 6:16-18;
Matthew 9:14;
Mark 2:18-20;
Luke 5:33,(
); ; Acts 10:30 R G; Acts 13:2,(); or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days, Matthew 4:2, cf. Matthew 11:18; νηστευει συνεχῶς καί ἄρτον ἐσθίει μόνον μετά ἁλατος καί τό πότον αὐτοῦ ὕδωρ, Acta Thom. § 20. (Aristophanes, Plutarch, mor., p. 626f; Aelian v. h. 5, 20; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 34, 5 (where see Müller)); the Sept. for צוּן.)