νῆστις
nēstis
“not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)”
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Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong’s Definition
not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
can also be masc. with a gen. in ιδος (n-3c[2]), fasting, hungry, Mt. 15:32; Mk. 8:3*
Translated in KJV as
fasting
Etymology
from the inseparable negative particle (not) and G2068 (ἐσθίω);
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