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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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Psalms 35:13
But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my soul with fasting; and my prayer returned into mine own bosom.
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1611 witness · Psalms 35:13 · retained source text

But as for me, when they were sicke, my clothing was sack-cloth: I humbled my soule with fasting, and my prayer returned into mine owne bosome.

1611 marginal noteOr, afflicted.

Psalms 69:10
When I wept, and chastened my soul with fasting, that was to my reproach.
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1611 witness · Psalms 69:10 · retained source text

When I wept, and chastened my soule with fasting, that was to my reproch.

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