Quick Definition
abstinence, a fast
Strong's Definition
fasting (the state)
Derivation: from G777 (ἄσιτος);
KJV Usage: abstinence
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσιτία, ἀσιτίας, ἡ (ἄσιτος which see), abstinence from food (whether voluntary or enforced): πολλή long, Act_27:21. (Herodotus 3, 52; Euripides, Suppl. 1105; (Aristotle, probl. 10, 35; cth. Nic. 10, p. 1180{b} , 9); Josephus, Antiquities 12, 7; others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσιτία asitia 1x
abstinence from food, fasting, Act_27:21
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀσιτία , -ας , ἡ ,
( < ἄσιτος ),
fasting, abstinence from food: Act_27:21 .†
SYN.: νηστεία G3521 ( MM , ut infr .).
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσιτία [page 85]
We can only add to the literary record the late P Ryl I. 10 .6 (cf. .12 ), a hagiographical fragment of vi/A.D., containing a discourse by a saint condemned to death by starvation δι᾽ ο̣]ν τὴν ἀσιτίαν κατεκρίθην . See next article.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀσιτία [Etym: ἄσι_τος] "want of food", Hdt. , Eur.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀσιτία, -ας, ἡ
(ἄσιτος),
fasting, abstinence from food: Act.27:21.†
SYN.: νηστεία (MM, ut infr.) (AS)