Strong’s G3523 · Greek
νῆστις
nēstis · nace'-tis
Origin from the inseparable negative particle νή- (not) and ἐσθίω (G2068);
Meaning not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)
In the King James Version fasting.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 15:32Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, 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.
- Mark 8:3And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.