νηστεία nēsteía

Greek · Strong's G3521 · used 8 times in 8 verses

Meaning

abstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement

In the King James Version: fast(-ing)

Derivation: from G3522 (νηστεύω);

Matthew 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
Mark 9:29 Jesus answered, “This kind cannot come out, except by prayer.”
Luke 2:37 and then was a widow to the age of eighty-four. She never left the temple, but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying.
Acts 14:23 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.
Acts 27:9 By now much time had passed, and the voyage had already become dangerous because it was after the Fast. So Paul advised them,
1 Corinthians 7:5 Do not deprive each other, except by mutual consent and for a time, so you may devote yourselves to prayer. Then come together again, so that Satan will not tempt you through your lack of self-control.
2 Corinthians 6:5 in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;
2 Corinthians 11:27 in labor and toil and often without sleep, in hunger and thirst and often without food, in cold and exposure.