νηστεύωnēsteúō
GreekG352222 occurrences (KJV)
to abstain from food (religiously)
KJV renders it: fast
Where it appears(showing the first 16 of 22)
- Matt 4:2When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
- Matt 6:16“Moreover when you fast, don’t be like the hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen by men to be fasting. Most certainly I tell you, they have received their reward.
- Matt 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
- Matt 6:18so that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.
- Matt 9:14Then John’s disciples came to him, saying, “Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”
- Matt 9:15Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Mark 2:18John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, “Why do John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”
- Mark 2:19Jesus said to them, “Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can’t fast.
- Mark 2:20But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day.
- Luke 5:33They said to him, “Why do John’s disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?”
- Luke 5:34He said to them, “Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- Luke 5:35But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them. Then they will fast in those days.”
- Luke 18:12I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’
- Acts 10:30Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour, and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
- Acts 13:2As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”
- Acts 13:3Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.