Fasting
νῆστιςStrong’s G3523nēstis
Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament
In short
Nēstis is the Greek word usually translated “hungry”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.
“Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.”
Meaning
Usually translated “hungry”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- hungry 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 1
- Mark 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
νῆστις nēstis · fasting
νῆστις, -ιος, ὁ, ἡ (νη-, neg. prefix, + ἐσθίω), in cl., chiefly poët., [in LXX: Dan LXX 6:18 (19) (טְוָת)* ;] not eating, fasting: Mat.15:32, Mrk.8:3.† (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.