Greek root word (lemma) ‘νηστεύω’ (nēsteuō)

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This root form (lemma) ‘νηστεύω’ is used in 11 different forms in the Greek originals: Νηστεύω (V-IPA1··S), νηστευόντων (V-PPA·GMP), νηστεύειν (V-NPA····), νηστεύητε (V-SPA2··P), νηστεύομεν (V-IPA1··P), νηστεύοντες (V-PPA·NMP), νηστεύουσιν (V-IPA3··P), νηστεύσαντες (V-PAA·NMP), νηστεύσας (V-PAA·NMS), νηστεύσουσιν (V-IFA3··P), νηστεύων (V-PPA·NMS).

It is glossed in 7 different ways: ‘are fasting’, ‘having fasted’, ‘to_be fasting’, ‘I am fasting’, ‘they will_be fasting’, ‘you_all may_be fasting’, ‘fasting’.

Have 20 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘nēsteuō’ (verb) in the Greek originals

Mark 2:18 νηστεύοντες (naʸsteuontes) PPA·NMP ‘and the Farisaios_party fasting and they are coming and’ SR GNT Mark 2:18 word 12

OET-LV: 18 And the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the Farisaios_party were fasting. And they _are _coming and they _are _saying to _him: For/Because_ why _reason the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs and the apprentices/followers of _the Farisaios_party are _fasting, but the your apprentices/followers are_ not _fasting? (MRK_2:18)

OET-RV: 18 Now the followers of Yohan-the-immerser and members of the Pharisees regularly fasted. So a small group came to Yeshua and asked, “How come Yohan’s followers and the Pharisee party fast regularly, yet your followers don’t?” (MRK 2:18)

Mark 2:18 νηστεύουσιν (naʸsteuousin) IPA3··P ‘apprentices/followers of the Farisaios_party are fasting but your apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Mark 2:18 word 28

Mark 2:18 νηστεύουσιν (naʸsteuousin) IPA3··P ‘your apprentices/followers not are fasting’ SR GNT Mark 2:18 word 35

Mark 2:19 νηστεύειν (naʸsteuein) NPA···· ‘with them is to_be fasting as_long_as time they are having’ SR GNT Mark 2:19 word 20

OET-LV: 19 And the Yaʸsous said to _them: The sons of _the bridal _chamber in which the bridegroom is with them are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting? As _long _as time they _are _having the bridegroom with them, are_ not _being _able to _be _fasting. (MRK_2:19)

OET-RV: 19 And Yeshua answered, “Can the friends of the groom fast when they’re celebrating along with him? No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting. (MRK 2:19)

Mark 2:19 νηστεύειν (naʸsteuein) NPA···· ‘them not are being_able to_be fasting’ SR GNT Mark 2:19 word 33

OET-RV: 19 And Yeshua answered, “Can the friends of the groom fast when they’re celebrating along with him? No, as long as he’s still there, they won’t be fasting. (MRK 2:19)

Mark 2:20 νηστεύσουσιν (naʸsteusousin) IFA3··P ‘bridegroom and then they will_be fasting in that day’ SR GNT Mark 2:20 word 13

OET-LV: 20 But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting in that the day. (MRK_2:20)

OET-RV: 20 But in the future, the groom will be taken away from them, and then they’ll be fasting. (MRK 2:20)

Mat 4:2 νηστεύσας (naʸsteusas) PAA·NMS ‘and having fasted days forty and’ SR GNT Mat 4:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 And having _fasted forty days and forty nights, later he _hungered. (MAT_4:2)

OET-RV: 2 As he’d been fasting for forty days (and nights), he was getting hungry, (MAT 4:2)

Mat 6:16 νηστεύητε (naʸsteuaʸte) SPA2··P ‘whenever and you_all may_be fasting not be becoming like’ SR GNT Mat 6:16 word 4

OET-LV: 16 And whenever you _all _may _be _fasting, be_ not _becoming downthrow 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. (MAT_6:16)

OET-RV: 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. (MAT 6:16)

Mat 6:16 νηστεύοντες (naʸsteuontes) PPA·NMP ‘they may_be seen by the people fasting truly I am saying to you_all’ SR GNT Mat 6:16 word 24

Mat 6:17 νηστεύων (naʸsteuōn) PPA·NMS ‘you but fasting anoint of you the’ SR GNT Mat 6:17 word 3

OET-LV: 17 But you fasting, anoint the head of _you and wash the face of _you, (MAT_6:17)

OET-RV: 17 Instead, when you fast, comb your hair and wash your face (MAT 6:17)

Mat 6:18 νηστεύων (naʸsteuōn) PPA·NMS ‘you may_be seen by the people fasting but to the father’ SR GNT Mat 6:18 word 8

OET-LV: 18 so _that you _may_ not _be _seen by _the people fasting, but to _the father of _you who is in the secret, and the father of _you, the one seeing in the secret, will _be _giving _back to _you. (MAT_6:18)

OET-RV: 18 so that no one will realise that you’re fasting, other than your father who’s not visible to you. Then your father who sees everything will reward you. (MAT 6:18)

Mat 9:14 νηστεύομεν (naʸsteuomen) IPA1··P ‘and the Farisaios_party are fasting the but apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Mat 9:14 word 14

OET-LV: 14 Then the apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs are _approaching to _him saying: For/Because_ why _reason we and the Farisaios_party are _fasting, but the apprentices/followers of _you are_ not _fasting? (MAT_9:14)

OET-RV: 14 Then the disciples of Yohan approached Yeshua and said, “How come that we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples don’t fast?” (MAT 9:14)

Mat 9:14 νηστεύουσιν (naʸsteuousin) IPA3··P ‘apprentices/followers of you not are fasting’ SR GNT Mat 9:14 word 22

OET-RV: 14 Then the disciples of Yohan approached Yeshua and said, “How come that we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples don’t fast?” (MAT 9:14)

Mat 9:15 νηστεύσουσιν (naʸsteusousin) IFA3··P ‘bridegroom and then they will_be fasting’ SR GNT Mat 9:15 word 38

OET-LV: 15 And the Yaʸsous said to _them: The sons of _the bridal _chamber are_ not _being _able to _be _mourning, because/for as _long _as the bridegroom is with them? But days will _be _coming when the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, and then they _will _be _fasting. (MAT_9:15)

OET-RV: 15 And Yeshua replied to them, “Surely the groomsmen aren’t sad while the groom is with them? But the time will come when the groom has to leave them and then they will fast. (MAT 9:15)

Luke 5:33 νηστεύουσιν (naʸsteuousin) IPA3··P ‘the apprentices/followers of Yōannaʸs are fasting frequently and petitions’ SR GNT Luke 5:33 word 16

OET-LV: 33 And they said to him: The apprentices/followers of _Yōannaʸs are _fasting frequently, and they _are _making petitions, likewise also the ones of _the Farisaios_party, but the ones to _yours are _eating and are _drinking. (LUK_5:33)

OET-RV: 33 Then the religious leaders complained, “Yohan’s followers often fast and bring their needs to God, as do the Pharisees, but your followers are eating and drinking.” (LUK 5:33)

Luke 5:34 νηστεύειν (naʸsteuein) NPA···· ‘them is to make to_be fasting’ SR GNT Luke 5:34 word 31

OET-LV: 34 And the Yaʸsous said to them: You _all _are_ not _being _able to _make the sons of _the bridal _chamber in which the bridegroom is with them to _be _fasting? (LUK_5:34)

OET-RV: 34 “You can’t make the groomsmen fast at a wedding,” Yeshua responded, “not while the groom is with them. (LUK 5:34)

Luke 5:35 νηστεύσουσιν (naʸsteusousin) IFA3··P ‘the bridegroom then they will_be fasting in those days’ SR GNT Luke 5:35 word 13

OET-LV: 35 But days will _be_ also _coming whenever the bridegroom may _be _taken _away from them, then they _will _be _fasting in those the days. (LUK_5:35)

OET-RV: 35 But yes, there will be a future time when the groom will be taken away from them, and then they’ll fast.” (LUK 5:35)

Luke 18:12 Νηστεύω (Naʸsteuō) IPA1··S ‘I am fasting twice of a week I am tithing’ SR GNT Luke 18:12 word 1

OET-LV: 12 I _am _fasting twice of_ the _a_week, I _am _tithing all things, as _many _as I _am _acquiring. (LUK_18:12)

OET-RV: 12 I fast twice a week and I give a tenth of everything I get.’ (LUK 18:12)

Acts 13:2 νηστευόντων (naʸsteuontōn) PPA·GMP ‘to the master and fasting said the spirit’ SR GNT Acts 13:2 word 7

OET-LV: 2 And of _them ministering to _the master and fasting, the the holy spirit said: Indeed set _apart to _me the Barnabas and Saulos, because/for the work which I _have _called_ them _to. (ACT_13:2)

OET-RV: 2 One day when they were ministering to the master and fasting, the holy spirit said, Appoint Barnabas and Saul to serve me and do the work that I have called them to.” (ACT 13:2)

Acts 13:3 νηστεύσαντες (naʸsteusantes) PAA·NMP ‘then having fasted and having prayed and’ SR GNT Acts 13:3 word 2

OET-LV: 3 Then having _fasted, and having _prayed, and having _laid _on their hands on _them, they _sent _away them. (ACT_13:3)

OET-RV: 3 So they fasted and prayed and placed their hands on the two, and then sent them off. (ACT 13:3)

Lemmas with similar glosses to ‘νηστεύω’ (nēsteuō)

Have 7 uses of Greek root word (lemma) ‘nēsteia’ (noun) in the Greek originals

Mark 9:29 νηστείᾳ (naʸsteia) DFS ‘by prayer and fasting’ SR GNT Mark 9:29 word 18

OET-LV: 29 And he _said to _them: This the kind is _able to _come _out by nothing except not/lest by prayer and fasting. (MRK_9:29)

OET-RV: 29 He replied, “This kind will only leave after prayer and fasting.” (MRK 9:29)

Mat 17:21 νηστείᾳ (naʸsteia) DFS ‘in prayer and fasting’ SR GNT Mat 17:21 word 12

OET-LV: 21  (MAT_17:21)

OET-RV: 21 ◘ (MAT 17:21)

Luke 2:37 νηστείαις (naʸsteiais) DFP ‘was withdrawing from the temple with fastings and petitions serving’ SR GNT Luke 2:37 word 20

OET-LV: 37 and she was a_widow until eighty four years, who not was _withdrawing from _the temple, with _fastings and petitions serving night and day. (LUK_2:37)

OET-RV: 37 and then had been widowed for eighty-four years. She was always at the temple, serving night and day in prayer and fasting. (LUK 2:37)

Acts 14:23 νηστειῶν (naʸsteiōn) GFP ‘elders having prayed with fastings they entrusted them to the’ SR GNT Acts 14:23 word 11

OET-LV: 23 And having _chosen elders for _them in assembly, having _prayed with fastings, they _entrusted them to _the master on whom they _had _believed. (ACT_14:23)

OET-RV: 23 They appointed some elders for each assembly, then they fasted and prayed for the elders—asking the master that they believed in to look after them. (ACT 14:23)

Acts 27:9 νηστείαν (naʸsteian) AFS ‘that even the fasting already to_have passed_by was advising them’ SR GNT Acts 27:9 word 15

OET-LV: 9 And much time having _elapsed, and the voyage already being dangerous, because _of that even the fasting already to _have _passed _by, the Paulos was _advising them (ACT_27:9)

OET-RV: 9 A lot of time had now elapsed and the voyage was starting to become dangerous because we were already heading into winter. Paul advised those in charge, (ACT 27:9)

2 Cor 6:5 νηστείαις (naʸsteiais) DFP ‘in watchings in fastings’ SR GNT 2 Cor 6:5 word 12

OET-LV: 5 in beatings, in prisons, in disturbances, in labours, in watchings, in fastings, (CO2_6:5)

OET-RV: 5 beatings, imprisonments, riots, labours, sleepless nights, hunger, (CO2 6:5)

2 Cor 11:27 νηστείαις (naʸsteiais) DFP ‘and thirst in fastings often in cold’ SR GNT 2 Cor 11:27 word 13

OET-LV: 27 in _labour and hardship, in watchings often, in famine and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (CO2_11:27)

OET-RV: 27 I’ve worked often and worked hard, often needing to keep guard, suffered famine and thirst, fasted often, and been cold and lacking clothing. (CO2 11:27)

Key: N=noun V=verb AFS=accusative,feminine,singular DFP=dative,feminine,plural DFS=dative,feminine,singular GFP=genitive,feminine,plural