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Strong's G3521 · Greek

νηστεία

nesteia · nace-ti'-ah

from 3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

νηστεία (G3521)

5 νηστεία , -ας, ἡ ( νηστεύω ), [in LXX for צוֹם ;] fasting , a fast ; of voluntary abstinence from food: Mt 17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mk 9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.), Lk 2:37 , Ac 14:23 ; of the Day of Atonement, Ac 27:9 ; of involuntary abstinence: II Co 6:5 11:27 .† SYN. : ἀσιτία , q.v.

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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