The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

νηστεία

Lemmaνηστεία
Citation formνηστεία, ας, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossfasting, the day of atonement
Strong’sG3521
Transliterationnēsteía
Definitionabstinence (from lack of food, or voluntary and religious); specially, the fast of the Day of Atonement
KJV glosses:-- fast(-ing).
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
νηστείαις
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)Luke 2:37
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)2 Corinthians 11:27
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-)2 Corinthians 6:5
νηστείαν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-)Acts 27:9
νηστειῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-)Acts 14:23

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: νηστεια.