The corpus record

νηστ-εία

nesteia · ἡ

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Where it lives

Joel 3 · 19.48/10k
Zacharias 5 · 10.37/10k
Jonas 1 · 9.51/10k
De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
2 Corinthians 2 · 4.46/10k
Esdras I 2 · 2.43/10k
Psalmi Salomonis 1 · 2.1/10k
Daniel (LXX) 2 · 1.9/10k
Isaias 5 · 1.9/10k
Tobias (cod. Vat. et Alex.) 1 · 1.9/10k
Esdras II 2 · 1.69/10k
Acts 2 · 1.11/10k

Densest 12 of 20 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

νηστ-εία · nēst-eia — LSJ

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fast, νηστεῖαι καὶ ὁρταί Hdt. 4.186, cf. LXX Is. 1.13, Str. 16.2.40, Act.Ap. 27.9; νηστείην φέρειν Hp. Aph. 1.13; νηστείας ὄζειν (cf. νῆστις I.2) Arist. Pr. 908b12; at Athens, name for the third day of the Thesmophoria, Ath. 7.307f, Alciphr. 3.39, cf. PCair.Zen. 350.5 (iii B.C.).

In the wild

νηστεῖαι · nēsteiai Aristotle, De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte (DIORISIS sentence 45)
νηστηίας · nēstēias Herodotus, Histories 4.186.2 (DIORISIS sentence 5255)
νηστείαις · nēsteiais New Testament, 2 Corinthians 11.25 (DIORISIS sentence 214)
νηστείαις · nēsteiais New Testament, 2 Corinthians 6.4 (DIORISIS sentence 95)
νηστειῶν · nēsteiōn New Testament, Acts 14.23 (DIORISIS sentence 508)
νηστείαν · nēsteian New Testament, Acts 27.9 (DIORISIS sentence 902)

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Where it came from

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