Strong's Concordance asitia: abstinence from food Original Word: ἀσιτία, ας, ἡPart 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: 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance abstinence. From asitos; fasting (the state) -- abstinence. see GREEK asitos Forms and Transliterations ασιτιας ασιτίας ἀσιτίας asitias asitíasLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 7761 Occurrence 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 |