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νηστεία

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: νηστεία

Structure: νηστει (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from nhsteu/w

Sense

  1. a fast

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • πάντων δὲ τὸ αὐτὸ ποιησάντων ὁμοῦ καὶ καταξιωσάντων τὸν ἐλεήμονα Κύριον μετὰ κλαυθμοῦ καὶ νηστειῶν καὶ προπτώσεωσ ἐφ̓ ἡμέρασ τρεῖσ ἀδιαλείπτωσ, παρακαλέσασ αὐτοὺσ ὁ Ἰούδασ ἐκέλευσε παραγίνεσθαι. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 13:12)
  • λέγοντεσ. τί ὅτι ἐνησταύσαμεν καὶ οὐκ εἶδεσ̣ ἐταπεινώσαμεν τὰσ ψυχὰσ ἡμῶν καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσ̣ ἐν γὰρ ταῖσ ἡμέραισ τῶν νηστειῶν ὑμῶν εὑρίσκετε τὰ θελήματα ὑμῶν καὶ πάντασ τοὺσ ὑποχειρίουσ ὑμῶν ὑπονύσσετε. (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 58:3)
  • χειροτονήσαντεσ δὲ αὐτοῖσ κατ’ ἐκκλησίαν πρεσβυτέρουσ προσευξάμενοι μετὰ νηστειῶν παρέθεντο αὐτοὺσ τῷ κυρίῳ εἰσ ὃν πεπιστεύκεισαν. (, chapter 14 24:1)

Synonyms

  1. a fast

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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