Quick Definition
fasting
Strong's Definition
affliction (of self), i.e. fasting
Derivation: from H6031 (עָנָה);
KJV Usage: heaviness.
TWOT Reference: 1652f
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) humiliation (by fasting), ascetic practice of fasting
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
תַּעֲנִית (ta.a.nit) — fasting. humiliation (by fasting), ascetic practice of fasting
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · ענה
Insignificant
self-affliction literally: bowing down; hence: = action by which humans humble themselves before deities by wearing sackcloth, fasting, etc.
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[תַּעֲנִית] n.f. humiliation, by fasting, sf. Ezr 9:5. ref