3523 - néstis

Strong's Concordance

Original word: νῆστις
Transliteration: néstis
Definition (short): hungry
Definition (full): not eating

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from né- (implying negation) and the same as esthió
Definition: not eating
NASB Translation: hungry (2).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From the inseparable negative particle ne- (not) and esthio; not eating, i.e. Abstinent from food (religiously) -- fasting.

see GREEK esthio

References

Strong's 3523: 2 Occurrences
KJV: 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.
NASB: And Jesus called His disciples to Him, and said, "I feel compassion for the people, because they have remained with Me now three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, for they might faint on the way."
KJV: And if I send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way: for divers of them came from far.
NASB: "If I send them away hungry to their homes, they will faint on the way; and some of them have come from a great distance."