Nēstis — G3523

Definition

feminine noun

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

Usually translated as

fasting

Origin

from the inseparable negative particle nḗ- (not) and G2068

• esthíō (G2068)

Occurrences

Nēstis occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Mark (1)

• Matthew 15:32 — Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting (νήστεις), lest they faint in the way.
• Mark 8:3 — And if I send them away fasting (νήστεις) to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.