What does νῆστις (nēstis) mean in the Bible?
νῆστις (nēstis) is a Greek word meaning "fasting".
Greek · G3523
νῆστις
Fasting
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νῆστιςG3523
Pronunciationnēstis
What does νῆστις (nēstis) mean in the Bible?
νῆστις (nēstis) is a Greek word meaning "fasting".
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How does the BSB render G3523?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hungry (2).
Where does νῆστις (nēstis) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 15:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (1), Matthew (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Ithungry2×Matthew 15:32, Mark 8:3
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Usage map
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First aligned rowMatthew 15:32
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Matthew1Mark1
Source forms
νήστεις2xnēsteisMatthew 15:32, Mark 8:3
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural2xMatthew 15:32, Mark 8:3
Evidence Summary
Greek word. fasting
Strong'sG3523
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms1 form2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
fasting
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 15:32Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
νήστειςnhsteiv
fasting, without food
Read verseMark 8:3Adjective Accusative Plural Masculine
νήστειςnhsteiv
fasting, without food
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns1Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · MasculineMatt 15:32 · Mark 8:32×
Word Origins
νῆστις is built from this root:
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