νῆστιςnēstis
GreekG35232 occurrences (KJV)
not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)
KJV renders it: fasting
Where it appears
- Matt 15:32Jesus summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don’t want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way.”
- Mark 8:3If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.