adjective

nēstios

Greekνῆστις (nēstis)

Strong’sG3523

fasting, without food

stem nēsti-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

hungry2×

What it means

νῆστις, -ιος, ὁ, ἡ

(< νη-, neg. prefix, + ἐσθίω),in cl., chiefly poët., [in LXX: Da LXX 6:18 (19) (טְוָת)*;]

not eating, fasting: Mt 15:32, Mk 8:3.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3523 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidnace'-tis

not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)

Fromfrom the inseparable negative particle νή- (not) and G2068;

King Jamesfasting.

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	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	nēstios	nēstias	nēstiem	nēstiois	nēstiais	nēstieim
object accusative	nēstion	nēstian		nēstioin2×νήστεις	nēstiain
direct address vocative	nēstior	nēstiar		nēstioir	nēstiair
of, belonging to genitive	nēstiou	nēstiau	nēstieu	nēstioiu	nēstiaiu	nēstieiu
to, for dative	nēstio	nēstia	nēstie	nēstioi	nēstiai	nēstiei

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

nēstistem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

nēsti 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

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

nēstioin“hungry”objectaccusative plural2×

Matthew 15:32“hungry”Tos de Iēsus proskaleratos toin mathētoin autou legata; Splanchnizemō epi ton ochlon, hoti ēdē hēmerais treis prosmenalō mi kai ouk echalō tinem esthialeia; kai apoluara autoin nēstioin ouk thelamō, mēpote ekluileia en ta hoda.Then Jesus called His disciples to Him and said, “I have compassion for this crowd, because they have already been with Me three days and have nothing to eat. I do not want to send them away hungry, or they may faint along the way.”

Mark 8:3“hungry”kai ean apoluameia autoin nēstioin eis oikon autoiu, ekluili en ta hoda; kai tinois autoiu apo makrothen hēkalē.If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”