G3523
G3523 — νήστις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
nestis (nace'-tis) adj.
1. not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)
[from the inseparable negative particle ne- (not) and G2068]
KJV: fasting
Root(s): G2068
TWOT
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KJV Renderings
fasting
Englishman's Greek Concordance
νῆστις (fasting)
Matthew 15:32
- KJV: Then Jesus called his disciples and said I have compassion on the multitude because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat and I will not send them away fasting lest they faint in the way
- GK: ο δε Ιησούς προσκαλεσάμενος τους μαθητάς αυτού είπε σπλαγχνίζομαι επί τον όχλον ότι ήδη ημέρας τρεις προσμένουσί μοι και ουκ έχουσι τι φάγωσι και απολύσαι αυτούς νήστεις ου θέλω μήποτε εκλυθώσιν εν τη οδώ
Mark 8:3
- KJV: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses they will faint by the way for divers of them came from far
- GK: και εάν απολύσω αυτούς νήστεις εις οίκον αυτών εκλυθήσονται εν τη οδώ τινές γαρ αυτών μακρόθεν ήκασι