KJV dictionary & concordance

fast

Meaning of “fast”

Sense 1: Firm, fixed, or secure. Sense 2: Moving quickly. Sense 3: A period or act of abstaining from food. Sense 4: To abstain from food for a time.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893

85 occurrences74 verses30 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 20:18

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2 Samuel 12:21

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Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

1 word occurrence in this verse

The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:21 · retained source text

Then said his seruants vnto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weepe for the childe, while it was aliue, but when the childe was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.

2 Samuel 12:23

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But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

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The 1611 reading

1611 witness · 2 Samuel 12:23 · retained source text

But now hee is dead, Wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him backe againe? I shall goe to him, but he shall not returne to me.

Complete reference index — all 74 verses

Genesis 20:18 Judges 4:21 Judges 15:13 Judges 16:11 Ruth 2:8 Ruth 2:21 Ruth 2:23 2 Samuel 12:21 2 Samuel 12:23 1 Kings 21:9 1 Kings 21:12 2 Kings 6:32 2 Chronicles 20:3 Ezra 5:8 Ezra 8:21 Esther 4:16 Job 2:3 Job 8:15 Job 27:6 Job 38:38 Psalms 33:9 Psalms 38:2 Psalms 41:8 Psalms 65:6 Psalms 89:28 Psalms 111:8 Proverbs 4:13 Isaiah 58:3 Isaiah 58:4 Isaiah 58:5 Isaiah 58:6 Jeremiah 8:5 Jeremiah 14:12 Jeremiah 36:9 Jeremiah 46:14 Jeremiah 48:16 Jeremiah 50:33 Joel 1:14 Joel 2:15 Jonah 1:5 Jonah 3:5 Zechariah 7:5 Zechariah 8:19 Matthew 6:16 Matthew 6:18 Matthew 9:14 Matthew 9:15 Matthew 26:48 Mark 2:18 Mark 2:19 Mark 2:20 Luke 5:33 Luke 5:34 Luke 5:35 Luke 18:12 Acts 16:24 Acts 27:9 Acts 27:41 1 Corinthians 16:13 Galatians 5:1 Philippians 1:27 Philippians 4:1 1 Thessalonians 3:8 1 Thessalonians 5:21 2 Thessalonians 2:15 2 Timothy 1:13 Titus 1:9 Hebrews 3:6 Hebrews 4:14 Hebrews 10:23 Revelation 2:13 Revelation 2:25 Revelation 3:3 Revelation 3:11

Where “fast” appears

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Genesis 20:18 1 Kings 21:12 Psalms 38:2 Jeremiah 8:5 Zechariah 8:19 Luke 5:34 1 Thessalonians 5:21 Revelation 3:11

Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Skeat 1893

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firmly fixed.

printed p. 267; PDF p. 287; Internet Archive leaf n286