νηστείᾳ
nēsteía
The state or practice of abstaining from food, most often for a set period and sometimes as part of a religious ritual or observance. In Hellenistic and Jewish-Greek contexts, can refer both to individual or collective acts of refraining from eating, whether voluntary (as in spiritual discipline or repentance) or prescribed (such as set communal fasts). Other contextual senses can include mourning or penitence expressed through abstinence.
Matthew 17:21 · Word #12
Lexicon G3521
| Lemma | νηστεία |
| Transliteration | nēsteía |
| Strong's | G3521 |
| Definition | The state or practice of abstaining from food, most often for a set period and sometimes as part of a religious ritual or observance. In Hellenistic and Jewish-Greek contexts, can refer both to individual or collective acts of refraining from eating, whether voluntary (as in spiritual discipline or repentance) or prescribed (such as set communal fasts). Other contextual senses can include mourning or penitence expressed through abstinence. |
Morphology N DAT F SG
All morphology codes
| Part of Speech | N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea |
| Case | DAT — Dative — Indirect object, means, or location |
| Gender | F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine |
| Number | SG — Singular — One |
Lexical Info
| Lemma | νηστεία |
| Strong's | G3521 |
SIBI-P1 Translation G3521-01
in fasting
| Morphological Notes | Noun, feminine, singular, dative case. |
| Rendering Rationale | The noun denotes the state or practice of abstaining from food; the dative singular form is most naturally rendered with an English prepositional sense such as "in fasting," preserving both the root idea of not eating and the dative case. |
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