Occurrences
Nēsteía occurs 8 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1), Luke (1), Acts (2), 1 Corinthians (1), 2 Corinthians (2)
- Matthew 17:21 — Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting (νηστείᾳ).
- Mark 9:29 — And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting (νηστείᾳ).
- 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 (νηστείαις) and prayers night and day.
- Acts 14:23 — And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting (νηστειῶν), they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
- Acts 27:9 — Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast (νηστείαν) was now already past, Paul admonished them,
- 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 (νηστείᾳ) and prayer; and come together again, that Satan tempt you not for your incontinency.
- 2 Corinthians 6:5 — In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings (νηστείαις);
- 2 Corinthians 11:27 — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings (νηστείαις) often, in cold and nakedness.