Matthew 17:21:12Matt.17.21.W12TAB
νηστείᾳ.
nêsteiai
“fasting”
- Transliteration
- nê-STEI-ai
- Extended
- nê-STEI-ai
- IPA
- /neː.ˈstiː.ai/
Meaning by language
- English
- fasting
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Alphabet Analysis
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Eta | i — as in machine | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Tau | t — as in top | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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Word in context
- word
nê-STEI-ai
- sentence
TOO-to DE TO YE-nos ouk ek-po-REU-e-tai ei MÊ en pro-seu-KHÊI KAI nê-STEI-ai
Exegesis
The phrase en proseuchē kai nesteia {ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ | en pros-eu-khḗ kaí nē-steí-a}, with the preposition en governing two dative nouns joined by kai, expresses means by which the expulsion occurs, highlighting the joint necessity of prayer and fasting.
Root and etymology
nesteuōnu–eta–sigma–tau–epsilon–upsilon–omega
“to fast, to go without food”
In context — Matthew 17:21
But this kind does not go out except by prayer and fasting.
About this coordinate
Matthew 17:21:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 17:21, so the Greek word νηστείᾳ. (nêsteiai) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.17.21.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.17.21.W12.S1) and character.