Original: νῆστις

Transliteration: nēstis

Phonetic: nace'-tis

Short Definition: Fasting

- Original: νῆστις

- Transliteration: Nestis

- Phonetic: nace'-tis

- Definition:

1. fasting, not having eaten

- Origin: from the insep. negative particle ne- (not) and G2068

- TDNT entry: 19:24,6

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: From the negative particle νη nē and G2068; not eating that is abstinent from food (religiously): - fasting.

Cognate: G3521, G3522