Word Study · Strong's G3523 · Greek

νῆστις

nestis

nace'-tis

Strong's 1890 spelling: nēstis

“not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)

Rendered in the KJV as

fasting.

2
occurrencesin the New Testament
2 of 27
New Testament bookswhere the word stands
1
inflected formdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 1

νήστεις2

How it is rendered · 1

hungry2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

adjective · accusative (object) · masculine plural2

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A-APM · 2

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Where this word lives

Matthew1 of 2 · 50%
Mark1 of 2 · 50%

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Matthew1 occurrence

Matthew 15:32νήστειςnēsteisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralThen Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”here: hungry

Mark1 occurrence

Mark 8:3νήστειςnēsteisadjective · accusative (object) · masculine pluralIf I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”here: hungry

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