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νηστεύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
νηστεύω
Greek transliteration: 
nēsteuō
Simplified transliteration: 
nesteuo
Principal Parts: 
νηστεύσω, ἐνήστευσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3522
GK Number: 
3764
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
20
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1a(6)
Gloss: 
to fast, go without food
Definition: 
to fast, Mt. 4:2; 6:16, 17, 18; 9:15

Greek-English Concordance for νηστεύω

Matthew 4:2 And after fasting (nēsteusas | νηστεύσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) forty days and forty nights, he was hungry.
Matthew 6:16 “And when you fast (nēsteuēte | νηστεύητε | pres act subj 2 pl), do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces so that they will appear to others as fasting (nēsteuontes | νηστεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc); I tell you the truth, they have their reward.
Matthew 6:17 But when (nēsteuōn | νηστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) you fast (nēsteuōn | νηστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), anoint your head with oil and wash your face,
Matthew 6:18 so that you will not appear to others as fasting (nēsteuōn | νηστεύων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.
Matthew 9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, “Why do (nēsteuomen | νηστεύομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) we and the Pharisees fast (nēsteuomen | νηστεύομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) regularly, but your disciples do (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not fast?” (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl)
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said to them, “Certainly the wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away and then they will fast! (nēsteusousin | νηστεύσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl)
Mark 2:18 The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting (nēsteuontes | νηστεύοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc). Some people came and said to him, “Why do (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), but your disciples do (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) not fast?” (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl)
Mark 2:19 And Jesus said to them, Jesus No, “Do the friends of the bridegroom fast (nēsteuein | νηστεύειν | pres act inf ) while the bridegroom is with them? is fast (nēsteuein | νηστεύειν | pres act inf ) No, as long as they have the bridegroom with them, not they do not fast (nēsteuein | νηστεύειν | pres act inf ).
Mark 2:20 But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, the bridegroom and then they will fast (nēsteusousin | νηστεύσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl)
Luke 5:33 And they said to him, “The disciples of John often fast (nēsteuousin | νηστεύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) and offer prayers, so also do the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours continue to eat and drink.”
Luke 5:34 So Jesus said to them, “Certainly you cannot make the wedding guests fast (nēsteusai | νηστεῦσαι | aor act inf ) while the bridegroom is with them?
Luke 5:35 The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast (nēsteusousin | νηστεύσουσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) in those days.”
Luke 18:12 I fast (nēsteuō | νηστεύω | pres act ind 1 sg) twice a week; I tithe all that I get.’
Acts 13:2 While they were performing their service to the Lord and fasting (nēsteuontōn | νηστευόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc), the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
Acts 13:3 Then after fasting (nēsteusantes | νηστεύσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.