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GreekG3523Adjective

νῆστις

nēstis

2Occurrences
G3523Strong's #
AdjectivePart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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

from the inseparable negative particle (not) and G2068 (ἐσθίω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in cl., chiefly poët., not eating, fasting.
LXX: Dan LXX (19) (טְוָת)*

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Adjective

Morphology Code

G:A

Full Description

Greek Adjective

Occurrences

νῆστις appears 2 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
1
Mark
1

Key Passages

Matthew 15:32BSB

Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

Mark 8:3BSB

If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.