νηστεία, νηστείας, ἡ (νηστεύω, which see), a fasting, fast, i. e. abstinence from food, and a. voluntary, as a religious exercise: of private fasting, Mat_17:21 (T WH omit; Tr brackets the verse); Mar_9:29 (T WH omit; Tr marginal reading brackets); Luk_2:37; Act_14:23; 1Co_7:5 Rec. of the public fast prescribed by the Mosaic Law (Lev_16:29 ff; Lev_23:27 ff (BB. DD. under the word , and for references to Strabo, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word, 1)) and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month Tisri: Act_27:9 (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October (cf. B. D. under the word (at end)); the fast, accordingly, occurred in the autumn, ἡ χειμέριος ὥρα, when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms, as was the case with the voyage referred to). b. a fasting to which one is driven by want: 2Co_6:5; 2Co_11:27; (Hippocrates, Aristotle, Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, Aelian, Athen., others; the Sept. for φεν).

νηστεία nēsteia 5x fasting, want of food, 2Co_6:5 ; 2Co_11:27 ; a fast, religious abstinence from food, Mat_17:21 ; Luk_2:37 ; spc. the annual public fast of the Jews, the great day of atonement, occurring in the month Tisri, corresponding to the new moon of October, Act_27:9

νηστεία , -ας , ἡ ( < νηστεύω ), [in LXX for H6685 ;] fasting, a fast ; (a) of voluntary abstinence from food: Mat_17:21 ( WH , R , txt ., om .), Mar_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 ; 2Co_11:27 .† SYN.: ἀσιτία G776 , q.v.

νηστεία νηστεία, ἡ, "a fast", Hdt. [Etym: from νηστεύω]

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)