Strongs Number: G3521
- Greek Word
- νηστεία
- Transliteration
- nēsteia
- Phonetic
- nace-ti'-ah
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
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abstinence (from lack of food or voluntary and religious); specifically the fast of the Day of Atonement
- Thayers Definition
-
1. a fasting, fast
a. a voluntary, as a religious exercise
1. of private fasting
2. the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms
b. a fasting caused by want or poverty
- Origin
- From G3522
- Bible Usage
- fast (-ing.)