νῆστις nēstis

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: fasting

Derivation: from the inseparable negative particle (not) and G2068 (ἐσθίω);

Where it is used

• Matthew 15:32 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 If I send them home hungry, they will faint along the way. For some of them have come a great distance.”