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Greek

3522. nesteuo -- to fast
... abstain from food. Word Origin from nestis Definition to fast NASB Word Usage
fast (14), fasted (2), fasting (4). to fast. From nestis ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6684. tsum -- to abstain from food, fast
... 6683, 6684. tsum. 6685 . to abstain from food, fast. Transliteration: tsum
Phonetic Spelling: (tsoom) Short Definition: fasted. Word Origin a prim. ...
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6685. tsom -- fasting, a fast
... Word Origin from tsum Definition fasting, a fast NASB Word Usage fast (17),
fasted* (1), fasting (7), times of fasting (1). fasting. ...
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Library

Mattidia Has Unintentionally Fasted one Day.
... Homily XIII. Chapter XI."Mattidia Has Unintentionally Fasted One Day.
"But since your mother has real confidence in the efficacy ...
/.../the clementine homilies/chapter xi mattidia has unintentionally fasted.htm

How St Francis Passed the Time of Lent in an Island, on the Lake ...
... LITTLE FLOWERS OF SAINT FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPTER VII HOW ST FRANCIS PASSED THE
TIME OF LENT IN AN ISLAND, ON THE LAKE OF PERUGIA, WHERE HE FASTED FORTY DAYS ...
/.../the little flowers of st francis of assisi/chapter vii how st francis.htm

First Sunday in Lent. Then was Jesus Led up of the Spirit into the ...
... And he fasted forty days and forty nights. ... And he fasted forty days and
forty nights. From the Gospel. [Matt.4:1-2]. 10,10,10,10. ...
/.../winkworth/lyra germanica the christian year/first sunday in lent then.htm

Whether Christ's Temptation Should have Taken Place after his Fast ...
... xvi inn Evang.) explains the fact that "He fasted forty days and forty nights,"
saying that "during that time He partook of no food whatever." It seems ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether christs temptation should have.htm

The Holy Spirit Sending Men Forth to Definite Lines of Work.
... We read in Acts 13:2-4, "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost
said, Separate Me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called ...
/.../torrey/the person and work of the holy spirit/chapter xviii the holy spirit.htm

Separated unto the Holy Ghost
... and Saul. "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate
me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. ...
/.../murray/absolute surrender/separated unto the holy ghost.htm

Preface to the Benedictine Edition.
... discourse against the Jews, held in the month of September of the year 386, Chrysostom
in reproving many of the Christians at Antioch who fasted and kept ...
/.../chrysostom/on the priesthood/preface to the benedictine edition.htm

Acts xii. 18, 19
... "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate Me
Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. ...
/.../chrysostom/homilies on acts and romans/homily xxvii acts xii 18.htm

The Controversy Concerning Fasting
... He taught His disciples when they fasted to anoint their head and wash their
face. ... "When ye fasted and mourned, did ye at all fast unto me? ...
/.../chadwick/the gospel of st mark/chapter 2 18 the controversy concerning.htm

First Missionary Journey Scripture
... The Call+ to this work was by the Holy Ghost in the city of Antioch (Acts 13:1-4).
Luke says, "As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Ghost said ...
/.../sell/bible studies in the life of paul/study iii first missionary journey.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(imp. & p. p.) of Fast.

Thesaurus

Fasted (20 Occurrences)
... (imp. & pp) of Fast. Multi-Version Concordance Fasted (20 Occurrences). Matthew
4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward. ...
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Wept (78 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came
to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until ...
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Nights (27 Occurrences)
... Nights (27 Occurrences). Matthew 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights,
he was hungry afterward. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Abstinence (2 Occurrences)
... grow cold and formal. `Wherefore have we fasted and thou seest not?' the
exiled Jews cry in their captivity. `We have humbled our ...
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Mourned (54 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 1:12 They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for
Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel ...
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Fast (157 Occurrences)
... 10:2, 3). Moses fasted forty days (Exodus 24:18; 34:28), and so also did Elijah
(1 Kings 19:8). Our Lord fasted forty days in the wilderness (Matthew 4:2). ...
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Jabesh (21 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). 1 Samuel 31:13 They took their bones,
and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. ...
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Bones (98 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS YLT). 1 Samuel 31:13 They took their bones, and buried them under
the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days. (WEB ...
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Besought (57 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 12:16 David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and
went in, and lay all night upon the earth. (KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV). ...
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Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)
... with sadness of heart. For many days he fasted and mourned and prayed for
the place of his fathers' sepulchres. At length the king ...
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Bible Concordance

Fasted (20 Occurrences)

Matthew 4:2 When he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Acts 13:2 As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
(WEB KJV ASV WBS)

Acts 13:3 Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Acts 27:33 And continually, up till daybreak, Paul kept urging all on board to take some food. "This is the fourteenth day," he said, "that you have been anxiously waiting for the storm to cease, and have fasted, eating little or nothing.
(WEY)

Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 7:6 They gathered together to Mizpah, and drew water, and poured it out before Yahweh, and fasted on that day, and said there, "We have sinned against Yahweh." Samuel judged the children of Israel in Mizpah.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 31:13 They took their bones, and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 1:12 They mourned, and wept, and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for Jonathan his son, and for the people of Yahweh, and for the house of Israel; because they were fallen by the sword.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 12:16 David therefore begged God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night on the earth.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 12:21 Then said his servants to him, "What is this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the child while he was alive; but when the child was dead, you rose up and ate bread."
(WEB YLT NAS RSV NIV)

2 Samuel 12:22 He said, "While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; for I said,'Who knows whether Yahweh will not be gracious to me, that the child may live?'
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 21:27 It happened, when Ahab heard those words, that he tore his clothes, and put sackcloth on his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 10:12 all the valiant men arose, and took away the body of Saul, and the bodies of his sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Ezra 8:23 So we fasted and begged our God for this: and he was entreated of us.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Nehemiah 1:4 It happened, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days; and I fasted and prayed before the God of heaven,
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NIV)

Psalms 69:10 When I wept and I fasted, that was to my reproach.
(WEB)

Isaiah 58:3 'Why have we fasted,' say they,'and you don't see? why have we afflicted our soul, and you take no knowledge?' "Behold, in the day of your fast you find pleasure, and exact all your labors.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 58:4 Behold, ye have fasted for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness; ye do not at present fast, to cause your voice to be heard on high.
(DBY)

Zechariah 7:5 "Speak to all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying,'When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh month for these seventy years, did you at all fast to me, really to me?
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Zechariah 7:6 When ye fasted with mourning in the fifth and in the seventh 'months' -- even these seventy years -- did ye keep the fast 'to' Me -- Me? And when ye eat, and when ye drink, is it not ye who are eating, and ye who are drinking?
(YLT)

Subtopics

Fasted

Related Terms

Wept (78 Occurrences)

Nights (27 Occurrences)

Abstinence (2 Occurrences)

Mourned (54 Occurrences)

Fast (157 Occurrences)

Jabesh (21 Occurrences)

Bones (98 Occurrences)

Besought (57 Occurrences)

Nehemiah (9 Occurrences)