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Koine Greek wordlink #103942

SR GNT Acts 27:21 ἀσιτίας (asitias) ‘of much and abstinence being then having_been stood’ Strongs=7760 Lemma=asitia^*
Word role=noun case=genitive gender=feminine number=singular
Year=62 AD Event=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm TimeSeries=Paul_is_shipwrecked_by_a_storm,Paul's_Journey_to_Rome

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Only use of identical word form ἀσιτίας (N-GFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀσιτίας’ (N-GFS) is always and only glossed as ‘abstinence’.

Acts 27:21 ‘of much and abstinence being then having_been stood’ SR GNT Acts 27:21 word 4

OET-LV: 21 And of _much abstinence being, then the Paulos having _been _stood in midst of _them said: It _was _fitting indeed, Oh men, having _yielded to _me, not to _be _being _launched from the Kraʸtaʸ, and to _gain the this damage, and the loss. (ACT_27:21)

OET-RV: 21 and no one had eaten or drunk much at all.
¶ Then Paul stood up in the middle of them and said, “Well, you should have listened to me after all and not left Crete, so now we have this damage and loss. (ACT 27:21)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘asitia’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun GFS=genitive,feminine,singular