776. asitia
Strong's Concordance
asitia: abstinence from food
Original Word: ἀσιτία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: asitia
Phonetic Spelling: (as-ee-tee'-ah)
Short Definition: abstinence, a fast
Definition: either: lack or wheat, lack of food (the literal meaning), or: abstinence from food, a fast, loss of appetite, sea-sickness (the extended meaning).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 776: ἀσιτία

ἀσιτία, ἀσιτίας, (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.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
abstinence.

From asitos; fasting (the state) -- abstinence.

see GREEK asitos

Forms and Transliterations
ασιτιας ασιτίας ἀσιτίας asitias asitías
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Strong's Greek 776
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ἀσιτίας — 1 Occ.

Acts 27:21 N-GFS
GRK: Πολλῆς τε ἀσιτίας ὑπαρχούσης τότε
NAS: a long time without food, then
KJV: after long abstinence Paul stood forth
INT: much also abstinence [from food] there being then

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