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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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Showing verses 51–60 of 74 · 85 word occurrences in this result

Mark 2:20
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Mark 2:20 · retained source text

But the dayes will come, when the Bridegrome shall bee taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those dayes.

Luke 5:33
¶ And they said unto him, Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees; but thine eat and drink?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 5:33 · retained source text

¶ And they said vnto him, Why doe the disciples of Iohn fast often, and make prayers, and likewise the disciples of the Pharisees: but thine eat and drinke?

1611 marginal noteMat. 9.14.

Luke 5:34
And he said unto them, Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 5:34 · retained source text

And he said vnto them, Can yee make the children of the Bride-chamber fast, while the Bridegrome is with them?

Luke 5:35
But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 5:35 · retained source text

But the dayes will come, when the Bridegrome shall bee taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those dayes.

Acts 16:24
Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 16:24 · retained source text

Who hauing receiued such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, & made their feet fast in the stockes.

Acts 27:41
And falling into a place where two seas met, they ran the ship aground; and the forepart stuck fast, and remained unmoveable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waves.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:41 · retained source text

And falling into a place where two seas met, they ranne the shippe a ground, and the forepart stucke fast, and remained vnmoueable, but the hinder part was broken with the violence of the waues.

Galatians 5:1
STAND fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Galatians 5:1 · retained source text

¶ Stand fast therefore in the libertie wherewith Christ hath made vs free, and bee not intangled againe with the yoke of bondage.

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