G3522

νηστεύω

nēsteuō

Verb · From νῆστις (G3523)

From G3523; to abstain from food (religiously):—fast.

Outline

to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days

Usages

Matthew 4:2

And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.

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Matthew 6:16

¶ Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.

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Matthew 6:17

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;

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Matthew 6:18

That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

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Matthew 9:14

¶ Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

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Matthew 9:15

And Jesus said unto them,

Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

Breakdown

children of the bridechamber The Elect. bridegroom Yahawashi. taken from them Acts 1:9.

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Mark 2:18

And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?

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Mark 2:19

And Jesus said unto them,

Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.

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Mark 2:20

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

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Luke 5:33

¶ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?

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Luke 5:34

And he said unto them,

Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?

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Luke 5:35

But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.

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Luke 18:12

I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess.

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Acts 10:30

And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

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Acts 13:2

As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them.

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Acts 13:3

And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

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