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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Greek: 3523. νῆστις (néstis) -- Fasting, without food</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/greek/3523.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/matthew/1-1.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/greek/3523.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Greek</a> > 3523</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../greek/3522.htm" title="3522">◄</a> 3523. néstis <a href="../greek/3524.htm" title="3524">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">néstis: Fasting, without food</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="greek">νηστής</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Adjective<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>néstis<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>NAYS-tees<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(nace'-tis)<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Fasting, without food<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>fasting, not eating.<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the Greek word "νη" (nē), a negative prefix, and "ἐσθίω" (esthió), meaning "to eat."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - H6684 (צום, tsom): To fast, fasting<p> - H6685 (צום, tsom): Fast, fasting<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The term "nēstis" is used in the New Testament to describe a state of fasting or abstaining from food. It is often associated with spiritual practices, repentance, and seeking God's guidance. Fasting is seen as a way to humble oneself before God, to focus on prayer, and to express earnestness in seeking divine intervention or revelation.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In the Jewish tradition, fasting was a common practice, often associated with mourning, repentance, and seeking God's favor. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was a significant fast day in the Jewish calendar. In the Greco-Roman world, fasting was also practiced for various religious and philosophical reasons. Early Christians adopted fasting as a spiritual discipline, following the example of Jesus and the apostles.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from né- (implying negation) and the same as <a href="/greek/2068.htm">esthió</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>not eating<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>hungry (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Thayer's Greek Lexicon</div><span class="maintitle">STRONGS NT 3523: νῆστις</span><br><br><span class="arttitle"><span class="grktitle">νῆστις</span></span>, accusative plural <span class="greek2">νήστεις</span> and (so <span class="manuref">Tdf.</span> (cf. Proleg., p. 1183) <span class="greek2">νῆστις</span> (see <span class="abbreviation">Lob. ad Phryn.</span>, p. 326; Fritzsche, Commentary on Mark, p. 796f; cf. (<span class="manuref">WH</span>s Appendix, p. 157b); <span class="abbreviation">Buttmann</span>, 26 (23)), <span class="greek2">ὁ</span>, <span class="greek2">ἡ</span> (from <span class="greek2">νή</span> and <span class="greek2">ἐσθίω</span>, see <span class="greek2"><span class="lexref">νήπιος</span></span>), <span class="accented">fasting, not having eaten</span>: <a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-32.htm">Matthew 15:32</a>; <a href="/interlinear/mark/8-3.htm">Mark 8:3</a>. (<span class="abbreviation">Homer</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Aeschylus</span>, <span class="abbreviation">Hippocrates</span> (<DATE_RANGE:430 B.C.>), <span class="abbreviation">Aristophanes</span>, others.)<FOOTNOTE:1> <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>fasting. <p>From the inseparable negative particle ne- (not) and <a href="/greek/2068.htm">esthio</a>; not eating, i.e. Abstinent from food (religiously) -- fasting. <p>see GREEK <a href="/greek/2068.htm">esthio</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>νηστεις νήστεις νηστόν nesteis nēsteis nḗsteis<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/matthew/15-32.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Matthew 15:32</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/15.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπολῦσαι αὐτοὺς <b>νήστεις</b> οὐ θέλω</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/matthew/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to send them away <span class="itali">hungry,</span> for they might faint<br><a href="/kjvs/matthew/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them away <span class="itali">fasting,</span> lest they faint<br><a href="/interlinear/matthew/15-32.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to send away them <span class="itali">hungry</span> not I am willing<p><b><a href="/text/mark/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Mark 8:3</a> <a href="/abbrev.htm" title="Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural">Adj-AMP</a></b><br><a href="/interlinear/mark/8.htm" title="Greek">GRK:</a> <span class="greek3">ἀπολύσω αὐτοὺς <b>νήστεις</b> εἰς οἶκον</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/mark/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> I send them away <span class="itali">hungry</span> to their homes,<br><a href="/kjvs/mark/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> them away <span class="itali">fasting</span> to their own<br><a href="/interlinear/mark/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I shall send away them <span class="itali">hungry</span> to homes<p><b><a href="/greek/3523.htm">Strong's Greek 3523</a><br><a href="/greek/strongs_3523.htm">2 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/greek/ne_steis_3523.htm">νήστεις — 2 Occ.</a><br><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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