Fasting
ἄσιτοςStrong’s G0777asitos
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Asitos is the Greek word usually translated “without eating”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And while the day was coming on, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting, having taken nothing.”
Meaning
Usually translated “without eating”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- without eating 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἄσιτος asitos · fasting
ἄσιτος, -ον (ἀ- neg., σῖτος) fasting, without eating (cf. MM, see word): Act.27:33.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “fasting” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
F'ASTING, participle present
tense Abstaining from food.
All definitions and other forms of “fasting”
F'ASTING, noun
The act of abstaining from food.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.