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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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First occurrence: Nehemiah 9:1

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Nehemiah 9:1
NOW in the twenty and fourth day of this month the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, and with sackclothes, and earth upon them.
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1611 witness · Nehemiah 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Now in the twentie and fourth day of this moneth, the children of Israel were assembled with fasting, & with sackclothes, and earth vpon them.

1611 marginal noteChap. 8.2.

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