3523 GREEK νηστις, NESTIS nace'-tis from the inseparable negative particle ne- (not) and εσθιω, - esthio G 2068; not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously):--fasting. νηστεις Matt 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. Mark 8:3 And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
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