# νηστεία (nēsteia)

Strong’s G3521. 8 New Testament occurrences.

fasting, the day of atonement.

Lexicon: Dodson, public domain.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/greek/nesteia-g3521

## Occurrences

- [Matthew 17:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/matthew/17/21) — Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting.
- [Mark 9:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/mark/9/29) — And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.
- [Luke 2:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/luke/2/37) — And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
- [Acts 14:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/14/23) — And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.
- [Acts 27:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/acts/27/9) — Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,
- [1 Corinthians 7:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-corinthians/7/5) — Defraud ye not one the other, except it be with consent for a time, that ye may give yourselves to fasting and prayer; and come together again, that Satan temp…
- [2 Corinthians 6:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-corinthians/6/5) — In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
- [2 Corinthians 11:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-corinthians/11/27) — In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.