νηστεύω nēsteúō

Meaning

to abstain from food (religiously)

In the King James Version: fast

Derivation: from G3523 (νῆστις);

Where it is used

• Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
• Matthew 6:16 When you fast, do not be somber like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.
• Matthew 6:17 But when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,
• Matthew 6:18 so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.
• Matthew 9:14 Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
• Matthew 9:15 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom mourn while He is with them? But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Mark 2:18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
• Mark 2:19 Jesus replied, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them? As long as He is with them, they cannot fast.
• Mark 2:20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.
• Luke 5:33 Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
• Luke 5:34 Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?
• Luke 5:35 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”
• Luke 18:12 I fast twice a week and pay tithes of all that I acquire.’
• Acts 10:30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
• Acts 13:2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
• Acts 13:3 And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.