# G3523 νῆστις

νῆστις (nēstis), Strong’s G3523: not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously) KJV: fasting. Occurs 2 times.

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*nēstis* — not eating, i.e. abstinent from food (religiously)

KJV: fasting

Derived from [ἐσθίω esthíō](https://besorah.bible/word/G2068) (used only in certain tenses)

Occurs 2 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 15:32](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=32) — Yeshua summoned his disciples and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have continued with me now…
- [Mark 8:3](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/8?v=3) — If I send them away fasting to their home, they will faint on the way, for some of them have come a long way.”