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Lexicon :: Strong's G3522 - nēsteuō

Aa
νηστεύω
Transliteration
nēsteuō (Key)
Pronunciation
nace-tyoo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:924,632

Strong’s Definitions

νηστεύω nēsteúō, nace-tyoo'-o; from G3523; to abstain from food (religiously):—fast.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's G3522 in the following manner: fast (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's G3522 in the following manner: fast (21x).

  1. to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
νηστεύω nēsteúō, nace-tyoo'-o; from G3523; to abstain from food (religiously):—fast.
STRONGS G3522:
νηστεύω; future νηστεύσω; 1 aorist (infinitive νηστεῦσαι (Luke 5:34 T WH Tr text)), participle νηστεύσας; (from νῆστις, which see); to fast (Vulg. and ecclesiastical writingsjejano), i. e. to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, Matthew 6:16-18; Matthew 9:14; Mark 2:18-20; Luke 5:33,(Luke 5:34,35); Luke 18:12; [(cf. 'Teaching' 8, 1 and Harnack or Schaff ad loc.)] Acts 10:30 R G; Acts 13:2,(Acts 13:3); or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days, Matthew 4:2, cf. Matthew 11:18; νηστευει συνεχῶς καί ἄρτον ἐσθίει μόνον μετά ἁλατος καί τό πότον αὐτοῦ ὕδωρ, Acta Thom. § 20. (Aristophanes, Plutarch, mor., p. 626f; Aelian v. h. 5, 20; (Josephus, contra Apion 1, 34, 5 (where see Müller)); the Sept. for צוּן.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
4:2; 6:16; 6:17; 6:18; 9:14; 11:18
Mark
2:18; 2:19; 2:20
Luke
5:33; 5:34; 5:34; 5:35; 18:12
Acts
10:30; 13:2; 13:3

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3522 matches the Greek νηστεύω (nēsteuō),
which occurs 20 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:2 - And after going without food for forty days and forty nights, he was in need of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:16 - And when you go without food, be not sad-faced as the false-hearted are. For they go about with changed looks, so that men may see that they are going without food. Truly I say to you, They have their reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:17 - But when you go without food, put oil on your head and make your face clean;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - So that no one may see that you are going without food, but your Father in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will give you your reward.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:14 - Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:15 - And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of the newly-married man be sad as long as he is with them? But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then will they go without food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:18 - And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:19 - And Jesus said to them, Will the friends of a newly-married man go without food while he is with them? as long as they have him with them they will not go without food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 2:20 - But the days will come when the husband will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:33 - And they said to him, The disciples of John frequently go without food, and make prayers, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees; but your disciples take food and drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:34 - And Jesus said, Are you able to make the friends of the newly-married man go without food when he is with them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:35 - But the days will come when he will be taken away from them, and then they will go without food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 18:12 - Twice in the week I go without food; I give a tenth of all I have.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:2 - And while they were doing the Lord's work, and going without food, the Holy Spirit said, Let Barnabas and Saul be given to me for the special work for which they have been marked out by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:3 - Then, after prayer and going without food they put their hands on them, and sent them away.
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