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fasting

Meaning of “fasting”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of fast, meaning to abstain from food for a time.

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17 occurrences17 verses10 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Nehemiah 9:1

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Esther 4:3
And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 4:3 · retained source text

And in euery prouince, whithersoeuer the kings commaundement, and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Iewes, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sackecloth and ashes were laid vnder many.

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