{"def":{"short":"to abstain from food (religiously)","long":["to abstain as a religious exercise from food and drink: either entirely, if the fast lasted but a single day, or from customary and choice nourishment, if it continued several days"]},"deriv":"from G3523","pronun":{"ipa":"neˈstɛβ.o","ipa_mod":"ne̞ˈstev.ow","sbl":"nēsteuō","dic":"nay-STEV-oh","dic_mod":"nay-STAVE-oh"},"see":["G3523"]}