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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G3521 - Fasting

Strong's No.:G3521

Greek:νηστεία

Transliteration:nēsteia

Phonetic:nace-ti'-ah

Word Origin:From G3522

Bible Usage:fast (-ing.)

Part of Speech:Noun Feminine

Strongs
Definition:

abstinence (from lack of food or voluntary and religious); specifically the fast of the Day of Atonement


Thayers
Definition:

1. a fasting, fast

a. a voluntary, as a religious exercise

1. of private fasting

2. the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms

b. a fasting caused by want or poverty


Bible References:
Fasting

Translation
Occurrences:
fast ( 1 )
fasting ( 4 )
fastings ( 3 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.