Word Study · Strong's G3521 · Greek
νηστεία
nesteia
nace-ti'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: nēsteía
“abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
Rendered in the KJV as
fast(-ing).
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 4inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 4
- νηστείαις2
- νηστείαις,1
- νηστείαν1
- νηστειῶν1
How it is rendered · 5
- Fast1
- fasting1
- fastings1
- fastings,1
- with fastings1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural3
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular1
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-DPF · 3
- N-ASF · 1
- N-GPF · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Acts carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Acts2 occurrences
- Acts 14:23νηστειῶνnēsteiōnnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine pluralPaul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.here: fasting
- Acts 27:9νηστείανnēsteiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singularBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,here: Fast
2 Corinthians2 occurrences
- 2 Corinthians 6:5νηστείαις,nēsteiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralin beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;here: fastings,
- 2 Corinthians 11:27νηστείαιςnēsteiaisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluralin labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.here: fastings