νηστεία

nēsteia

fasting

Strong’s G3521Noun, feminine5 times in the New Testament (critical text)

fastings2

with fastings1

fasting1

fast1

In the text

Luke 2:37νηστείαις
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 14:23νηστειῶν
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.
2 Corinthians 6:5νηστείαις
in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;

νηστεία, -ας, ἡ
(νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם ;]
fasting, a fast;

(a) of voluntary abstinence from food: Mat.17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mrk.9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.), Luk.2:37, Act.14:23; of the Day of Atonement, Act.27:9;

(b) of involuntary abstinence: 2Co.6:5 11:27.†
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v
(AS)

Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.