Lexicon entry · Greek
G3521νηστείαnēsteia
fastingPart of speech: Greek Noun (Feminine)
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Matthew 17:21 (not in Bible in Basic English)
νηστείᾳ. nēsteia “with fastings.”
And he said to them, Nothing will make this sort come out but prayer.
νηστείᾳ. nēsteia “with fastings.”
She had been a widow for eighty-four years); she was in the Temple at all times, worshipping with prayers and going without food, night and day.
νηστείαις nēsteiais “with fastings”
And when they had made selection of some to be rulers in every church, and had given themselves to prayer and kept themselves from food, they put them into the care of the Lord in whom they had faith.
νηστειῶν nēsteiōn “fasting”
And as a long time had gone by, and the journey was now full of danger, because it was late in the year, Paul put the position before them,
νηστείαν nēsteian “Fast”
Do not keep back from one another what is right, but only for a short time, and by agreement, so that you may give yourselves to prayer, and come together again; so that Satan may not get the better of you through your loss of self-control.
νηστείᾳ nēsteia “to fastings”
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
νηστείαις, nēsteiais “fastings,”
In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
νηστείαις nēsteiais “fastings”