nesteia <3521>
nhsteia nesteia
| Pronunciation | : | nace-ti'-ah |
| Origin | : | from 3522 |
| Reference | : | TDNT - 4:924,632 |
| PrtSpch | : | n f (noun feminime) |
| In Greek | : | nhsteiaiv 3, nhsteian 1, nhsteiwn 1 |
| In NET | : | fast 1, fasting 1, hunger 1, with fasting 1, without food 1 |
| In AV | : | fasting 7, feast 1 |
| Count | : | 8 |
| Definition | : |
1) a fasting, fast 1a) a voluntary, as a religious exercise 1a1) of private fasting 1a2) 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 1b) a fasting caused by want or poverty from 3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement: KJV -- fast(-ing). see GREEK for 3522 |
| Related Hebrew | : | - |
