3521

3521 νηστεία nesteia [nace-ti’-ah] from 3522; n f; TDNT-4:924,632; [{See TDNT 521 }] AV-fasting 7, fast 1; 8

1) a fasting, fast

1a) a voluntary, as a religious exercise

1a1) of private fasting

1a2) the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms

1b) a fasting caused by want or poverty