Lexical Summary asitia: abstinence from food Original Word: ἀσιτίαTransliteration: asitia Phonetic Spelling: (as-ee-tee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: abstinence from food Meaning: abstinence from food Strong's Concordance abstinence. From asitos; fasting (the state) -- abstinence. see GREEK asitos Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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.) |
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