Nēsteia νηστεία

Nēsteia (Greek νηστεία, Strong's G3521) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “fasting”. It occurs 8 times in 8 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Topics

• Fasting

Verses

Every verse with Nēsteia, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

• Matthew 17:21
  Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.(not included in this translation)

Mark

• Mark 9:29
  And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”

Luke

• Luke 2:37
  And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.

Acts

• Acts 14:23
  And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
• Acts 27:9
  Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,

1 Corinthians

• 1 Corinthians 7:5
  Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.

2 Corinthians

• 2 Corinthians 6:5
  In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
• 2 Corinthians 11:27
  In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).