Words the Bible translates as fast
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- katechōκατέχωto hold fast: to keep a firm, lasting grip on something you have received, so that you do not let it slip
+3 more meanings
- to hold back: to keep a person or force in check, confined, or held down, whether by restraining it or by being caught in its grip
- to have and hold as your own: to possess or occupy something, keeping settled title to it
- to make for shore: to steer a ship toward land and head in to the beach
- nēsteuōνηστεύωto fast: to go without food for a set time as an act of devotion to God
- nēsteiaνηστείαa fast: a stretch of time with no food taken, normally chosen as an act of devotion to God alongside prayer, sometimes simply food gone without
- tsomצוֹםa fast: deliberately going without food for a time to humble oneself before God in grief, repentance, or urgent need
- tsumצוּםto fast: to go without food for a time as an act of humbling oneself before God, in mourning, repentance, or urgent prayer
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