Lexicon asitia: abstinence from food Original Word: ἀσιτία, ας, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: asitia Phonetic Spelling: (as-ee-tee'-ah) Short Definition: abstinence, a fast Definition: either: lack or wheat, lack of food (the literal meaning), or: abstinence from food, a fast, loss of appetite, sea-sickness (the extended meaning). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom asitosDefinitionabstinence from food NASB Translationtime without food (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 776: ἀσιτίαἀσιτία, ἀσιτίας, ἡ ( ἄσιτος which see), abstinence from food (whether voluntary or enforced): πολλή long, Acts 27:21. ( Herodotus 3, 52; Euripides, Suppl. 1105; ( Aristotle, probl. 10, 35; cth. Nic. 10, p. 1180{b}, 9); Josephus, Antiquities 12, 7; others.)
Strong's abstinence. From asitos; fasting (the state) -- abstinence. see GREEK asitos |
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