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Strong's #776 - ἀσιτία
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- abstinence from food (whether voluntary or enforced)
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ἀσῑτ-ία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
I want of food, Hdt. 3.52, E. Supp. 1105 (both pl.).
II
1.abstinence from food, Hp. Acut. 34, Arist. EN 1180b9.
2. want of appetite, Hp. Aph. 7.6.
ἀσιτία, 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.)
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* ἀσιτία , -ας , ἡ ,
(< ἄσιτος ),
fasting, abstinence from food: Acts 27:21.†
SYN.: νηστεία G3521 (MM, ut infr.).
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We can only add to the literary record the late P Ryl I. 10.6 (cf. .12), a hagiographical fragment of vi/A.D., containing a discourse by a saint condemned to death by starvation—δι᾽ ο ̣]ν τὴν ἀσιτίαν κατεκρίθην . See next article.
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