King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3523
Transliteration: nēstis
Phonetic Spelling: (nace'-tis)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: not eating
Meaning: not eating
νῆστις, accusative plural νήστεις and (so Tdf. (cf. Proleg., p. 1183) νῆστις (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 326; Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 796f; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 157b); Buttmann, 26 (23)), ὁ, ἡ (from νή and ἐσθίω, see νήπιος), fasting, not having eaten: Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:3. (Homer, Aeschylus, Hippocrates (), Aristophanes, others.)
Word Summary
nēstis: not eating
Original Word: νῆστιςTransliteration: nēstis
Phonetic Spelling: (nace'-tis)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: not eating
Meaning: not eating
Strong's Concordance
fasting. From the inseparable negative particle ne- (not) and esthio; not eating, i.e. Abstinent from food (religiously) -- fasting.
see GREEK esthio
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3523: νῆστιςνῆστις, accusative plural νήστεις and (so Tdf. (cf. Proleg., p. 1183) νῆστις (see Lob. ad Phryn., p. 326; Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 796f; cf. (WHs Appendix, p. 157b); Buttmann, 26 (23)), ὁ, ἡ (from νή and ἐσθίω, see νήπιος), fasting, not having eaten: Matthew 15:32; Mark 8:3. (Homer, Aeschylus, Hippocrates (