noun · feminine
nēsteias
Greekνηστεία (nēsteia)
Strong’sG3521
fasting, the day of atonement
stem nēstei-5 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
νηστεία, -ας, ἡ
(< νηστεύω), [in LXX for צוֹם;]
SYN.: ἀσιτία, q.v.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3521 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidnace-ti'-ah
abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
Fromfrom G3522;
King Jamesfast(-ing).
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | nēsteias | nēsteiais |
| object accusative | nēsteian1×νηστείαν | nēsteiain |
| direct address vocative | nēsteiar | nēsteiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | nēsteiau | nēsteiaiu1×νηστειῶν |
| to, for dative | nēsteia | nēsteiai3×νηστείαις |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
nēsteia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
5 occurrences, every one of them listed
nēsteian“fast”objectaccusative singular1×
Acts 27:9“fast”Hikanou de chronou diagineratou kai arōtou ēdē episfalou tou plouou dia tem kai tan nēsteian ēdē parercharē, parainate tos PaulosBy now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
nēsteiaiu“fasting”of, belonging togenitive plural1×
Acts 14:23“fasting”cheirotonaratois de autoi kata ekklēsan presbuteroin proseucheratois meta nēsteiaiu paratithela autoin to kurio eis hon pisteualelē.Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church, praying and fasting as they entrusted them to the Lord, in whom they had believed.
nēsteiai“hunger”to, fordative plural3×
Luke 2:37“fasting”kai autas chēras heōs eteiu ogdoēkonta tessares, has ouk afistanete teu hiereu nēsteiai kai deēsiai latreuarōtas nuxan kai hēmeran.and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
2 Corinthians 6:5“hunger”en plēgai, en fulakai, en akatastasiai, en kopoi, en agrupniai, en nēsteiai,in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
2 Corinthians 11:27“without food”kopo kai mochtho, en agrupniai pollakis, en limo kai dipse, en nēsteiai pollakis, en psuche kai gumnota;in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.