Strong's Concordance
Original word: νηστεύω
Transliteration: nésteuó
Definition (short): fast
Definition (full): to fast
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: from néstis
Definition: to fast
NASB Translation: fast (14), fasted (2), fasting (4).
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References
KJV:
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
NASB:
And after He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He then became hungry.
KJV:
Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
NASB:
"Whenever you fast, do not put on a gloomy face as the hypocrites do, for they neglect their appearance so that they will be noticed by men when they are fasting. Truly I say to you, they have their reward in full.
KJV:
But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face;
NASB:
"But you, when you fast, anoint your head and wash your face
KJV:
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
NASB:
so that your fasting will not be noticed by men, but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees what is done in secret will reward you.