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νηστεία

Transliteration nēsteia		Pronunciation nā-stā'-ä (Key)
Part of Speech feminine noun		Root Word (Etymology) From νηστεύω (G3522)
TDNT Reference 4:924,632	Vines View Entry

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

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Strong's Number G3521 matches the Greek νηστεία (nēsteia), which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the Greek concordance of the NASB
Page 1 / 1 (Mat 17:21 - 2Cr 11:27)
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Mat 17:21	["But ¹¹⁶¹ this ³⁷⁷⁸ kind ¹⁰⁸⁵ does not ³⁷⁵⁶ go out ¹⁶⁰⁷ except ¹⁵⁰⁸ by ¹⁷²² prayer ⁴³³⁵ and ²⁵³² fasting³⁵²¹."]
Luk 2:37	and then ²⁵³² as a widow ⁵⁵⁰³ to ²¹⁹³ the age ²⁰⁹⁴ of eighty-four ³⁵⁸⁹ ⁵⁰⁶⁴. She never ³⁷⁵⁶ left ⁸⁶⁸ the temple ²⁴¹¹, serving ³⁰⁰⁰ night ³⁵⁷¹ and ²⁵³² day ²²⁵⁰ with fastings³⁵²¹ and ²⁵³² prayers ¹¹⁶².
Act 14:23	When they had appointed ⁵⁵⁰⁰ elders ⁴²⁴⁵ for them ⁸⁴⁶ in every ²⁵⁹⁶ church ¹⁵⁷⁷, having prayed ⁴³³⁶ with ³³²⁶ fasting³⁵²¹, they commended ³⁹⁰⁸ them ⁸⁴⁶ to the Lord ²⁹⁶² in ¹⁵¹⁹ whom ³⁷³⁹ they had believed ⁴¹⁰⁰.
Act 27:9	When considerable ²⁴²⁵ time ⁵⁵⁵⁰ had passed ¹²³⁰ and ²⁵³² the voyage ⁴¹⁴⁴ was ¹⁵¹⁰ now ²²³⁵ dangerous ²⁰⁰⁰, since ¹²²³ even ²⁵³² the fast³⁵²¹ was already ²²³⁵ over ³⁹²⁸, Paul ³⁹⁷² began to admonish them ³⁸⁶⁷,
2Cr 6:5	in ¹⁷²² beatings ⁴¹²⁷, in ¹⁷²² imprisonments ⁵⁴³⁸, in ¹⁷²² tumults ¹⁸¹, in ¹⁷²² labors ²⁸⁷³, in ¹⁷²² sleeplessness ⁷⁰, in ¹⁷²² hunger³⁵²¹,
2Cr 11:27	I have been in labor ²⁸⁷³ and ²⁵³² hardship ³⁴⁴⁹, through ¹⁷²² many ⁴¹⁷⁸ sleepless nights ⁷⁰, in ¹⁷²² hunger ³⁰⁴² and ²⁵³² thirst ¹³⁷³, often ⁴¹⁷⁸ without food³⁵²¹ ¹⁷²², in ¹⁷²² cold ⁵⁵⁹² and ²⁵³² exposure ¹¹³².

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