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νηστεύω

Strong’s: G3522

Associated OET lemmas: νηστεύω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Related lemmas: νηστεία · νῆστις

Sense 1: to fast, fasting

Semantic entry: 53.65

Semantic domains: Religious Activities

Subdomains: Fasting

Definition: to go without food for a set time as a religious duty

MAT 4:2: RV MAT 4:2 · LV MAT 4:2 · Read together MAT 4:2

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OET-RV MAT 4:2

2 As he’d been fasting for forty days (and nights), he was hungry,

OET-LV MAT 4:2

2 And having _fasted forty days and forty nights, later he _hungered.

MAT 6:16: RV MAT 6:16 · LV MAT 6:16 · Read together MAT 6:16

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OET-RV MAT 6:16

16 “Whenever you people are abstaining from food, don’t look miserable like the hypocrites, because they intentionally try to look awful so that everyone will notice that they’re fasting. I can assure you that they’ve already received their reward in full.

OET-LV MAT 6:16

16 And whenever you _all _may _be _fasting, be_ not _becoming downcast like the hypocrites, because/for they _are _disfiguring the appearances of _them, so _that they _may _be _seen by _the people fasting.
Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all, they _are _receiving _fully the reward of _them.

All 15 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 4:2 · RV MAT 6:16–18 · RV MAT 9:14–15 · LV MAT 4:2 · LV MAT 6:16–18 · LV MAT 9:14–15 · Read together MAT 4:2 · Read together MAT 6:16–18 · Read together MAT 9:14–15

MRK: RV MRK 2:18–20 · LV MRK 2:18–20 · Read together MRK 2:18–20

LUK: RV LUK 5:33–35 · RV LUK 18:12 · LV LUK 5:33–35 · LV LUK 18:12 · Read together LUK 5:33–35 · Read together LUK 18:12

ACT: RV ACT 13:2–3 · LV ACT 13:2–3 · Read together ACT 13:2–3