- Original: νηστεία - Transliteration: Nesteia - Phonetic: nace-ti'-ah - Definition: 1. a fasting, fast a. a voluntary, as a religious exercise 1. of private fasting 2. the public fast as prescribed by the Mosaic Law and kept yearly on the great day of atonement, the tenth of the month of Tisri (the month Tisri comprises a part of our September and October); the fast accordingly, occurred in the autumn when navigation was usually dangerous on account of storms b. a fasting caused by want or poverty - Origin: from G3522 - TDNT entry: 19:24,6 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G3522 ; abstinence (from lack of food or voluntary and religious); specifically the fast of the Day of Atonement: - fast (-ing.) Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • fast, 1 Act 27:9 • fasting, 2 Act 14:23; 1 Corinthians 7:5 • fastings, 3 Luke 2:37; 2 Corinthians 6:5; 2 Corinthians 11:27