ΝΗΣΤΙΑΙΣ, νηστιαις
NĒSTIAIS, nēstiais
Sounds Like: nays-TEE-ahys
Translations: to fasting, to a fast, by fasting, by a fast
From the root: ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of fasting, abstaining from food for religious or spiritual reasons. It is typically used in a context of religious devotion or discipline.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G3521 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΜΗΣΤΕΙΑ — fasting, a fast, abstinence
- ΜΗΣΤΕΙΑΝ — fasting, a fasting
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑ — fasting, a fast, abstinence
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΙ — fasts, periods of fasting
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΙΣ — to fast, by fasting, with fastings, by means of fasting
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΝ — fasting, a fast
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΑΣ — of fasting, of a fast
- ΝΗΣΤΕΙΩΝ — of fasting, of a fast, of fasts
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