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Strong's #3522: nesteuo (pronounced nace-tyoo'-o)

from 3523; to abstain from food (religiously):--fast.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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nēsteuō

1) to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days

Part of Speech: verb

Relation: from G3523

Citing in TDNT: 4:924, 632




Usage:

This word is used 21 times:

Matthew 4:2: "And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward hungry."
Matthew 6:16: "Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites,"
Matthew 6:16: "that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have"
Matthew 6:17: "But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash"
Matthew 6:18: "thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which"
Matthew 9:14: "and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples"
Matthew 9:14: "but thy disciples fast not?"
Matthew 9:15: "shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast."
Mark 2:18: "of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and"
Mark 2:18: "and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples"
Mark 2:18: "fast, but thy disciples fast not?"
Mark 2:19: "children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom"
Mark 2:19: "bridegroom with them, they cannot fast."
Mark 2:20: "them, and then shall they fast in those days."
Luke 5:33: "do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers,"
Luke 5:34: "children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom"
Luke 5:35: "from them, and then shall they fast in those days."
Luke 18:12: " I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess."
Acts 10:30: "days ago I was fasting until this hour; and"
Acts 13:2: "to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said,"
Acts 13:3: "And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them,"









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