Greek verb · G3522
νηστεύω
nesteuonace-tyoo'-o
to fast
20 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: nēsteúō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3522is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 13spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3522
to abstain from food (religiously)
The King James renders it: fast.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
nesteuo is rendered "to fast". It stands 20 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Eight of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 4:2After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- The Greek text spells it thirteen different ways.
The first use
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
Matthew 4:2νηστεύσας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- fasting5
- fast4
- they will fast3
- to fast3
- having fasted2
- do fast1
- I fast1
- you may fast1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 20, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
13 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- νηστεύσουσιν3
- νηστεύειν2
- νηστεύοντες2
- νηστεύουσιν2
- νηστεύουσιν;¶2
- νηστεύων2
- νηστεύητε1
- νηστεύομεν1
- νηστευόντων1
- νηστεῦσαι1
- νηστεύσαντες1
- νηστεύσας1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural4V-PAI-3P
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person plural3V-FAI-3P
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural2V-PAP-NPM
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2V-PAP-NSM
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PAI-1P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
- verb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person plural1V-PAS-2P
Matthew
eight uses
After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- νηστεύσαςnesteusasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having fasted
When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
- νηστεύητεnesteueteverb · present active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may fast
- νηστεύοντεςnesteuontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: fasting
But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
- νηστεύωνnesteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: fasting
so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
- νηστεύωνnesteuonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: fasting
At that time John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
- νηστεύομενnesteuomenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: do fast
- νηστεύουσιν;¶nesteuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fast
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
- νηστεύσουσινnesteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will fast
Mark
six uses
Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
- νηστεύοντεςnesteuontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: fasting
- νηστεύουσινnesteuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fast
- νηστεύουσιν;¶nesteuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fast
Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
- νηστεύεινnesteueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fast
- νηστεύεινnesteueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fast
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
- νηστεύσουσινnesteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will fast
Luke
four uses
Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
- νηστεύουσινnesteuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: fast
Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
- νηστεῦσαιnesteusaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fast
But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
- νηστεύσουσινnesteusousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they will fast
I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
- νηστεύωnesteuoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I fast
Acts
two uses
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
- νηστευόντωνnesteuontonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: fasting
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
- νηστεύσαντεςnesteusantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having fasted
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.