nēsteuō · fast

What it means

nēsteuō (νηστεύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fast”.

Go without food for a time in order to seek God.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To go without food for a time to seek God.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• fast ×14
• fasting ×6

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×8
• Mark×6
• Luke×4
• Acts×2

• Matthew 4:2

  And after fasting forty days and forty nights, afterward he was hungry.

• Matthew 6:16

  “And when you fast, do not become gloomy like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so that they may appear to people as fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received in full their reward.

• Matthew 6:17

  But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face,

• Matthew 6:18

  so that you may not appear to people as fasting, but to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will repay you.

• Matthew 9:14

  Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?”

• Matthew 9:15

  And Jesus said to them, “The wedding guests cannot mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them, can they? But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.

• Mark 2:18

  And the disciples of John and the Pharisees were fasting. And people come and say to him, “Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?”

• Mark 2:19

  And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

• Mark 2:20

  But days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast on that day.

• Luke 5:33

  And they said to him, “The disciples of John fast often and make petitions, and so do those of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink.”

• Luke 5:34

  And he said to them, “You cannot make the wedding guests fast while the bridegroom is with them, can you?

• Luke 5:35

  But days will come, and when the bridegroom is taken away from them, then they will fast in those days.”

• Luke 18:12

  I fast twice a week; I give a tenth of all that I get.’

• Acts 13:2

  And while they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart now for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”

• Acts 13:3

  Then, after fasting and praying and laying their hands on them, they sent them off.

And 5 more times.