Quick Definition
νηστεία, ας, ἡ n.f. fasting, the day of atonement
Strong's Definition
from 3522; abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
KJV Usage: fast(-ing)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | νηστεύω
53.65 · Religious Activities · Fasting
to fast, fasting to go without food for a set time as a religious duty
23.31 · Physiological Processes and States · Eat, Drink
to be quite hungry, considerable hunger, lack of food the state of being very hungry, presumably for a considerable period of time and as the result of necessity rather than choice (compare νηστεία[a] ‘fasting,’ 53.65) Terms referring to hunger often distinguish varying degrees of hunger and whether the hunger is by necessity or by choice.
51.11 · Festivals
festival of the atonement, day to commemorate the atonement of sin a Jewish festival celebrating the forgiveness of sins on the day of atonement The Day of Atonement in the Jewish calendar occurs in the fall, a time which is particularly dangerous to small ships in the Mediterranean. In biblical times, small merchant ships normally stayed in a harbor over the winter months.
1 The festival of νηστεία involved avoidance of certain foods (compare νηστεία[a] fast, 53.65) but not complete abstinence from food.
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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
νηστεία nēsteia 5x
fasting, want of food, 2 Cor. 6:5; 11:27; a fast, religious abstinence from food, Mt. 17:21; Lk. 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, Acts 27:9*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
νηστεία, -ας, ἡ
(< νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם;]
fasting, a fast; of voluntary abstinence from food: Mt 17:21 (WH, R, txt., om.), Mk 9:29 (WH, txt., R, txt., om.), Lk 2:37, Ac 14:23; of the Day of Atonement, Ac 27:9;
of involuntary abstinence: II Co 6:5 11:27.†
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
νηστεία (nēsteia) — fasting. νηστ-εία, ἡ, fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί [NT+5th c.BC+]; νηστείας ὄζειν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]