Know the Word.

Greek word

nēstis

νῆστις

What it means

not eating, i.e. abstinent from food

not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)

Where it comes from

from the inseparable negative particle (not) and esthíō (ἐσθίω)

How the King James translates it

  • fasting2

Every place it appears 2

Matthew15:32
Mark8:3
nēstis — Greek word meaning “not eating, i.e. abstinent from”