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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Fast; Fasting
fast, fast´ing (צוּם, cūm; נפשׁ ענּה, ‛innāh nephesh, “afflict soul or self,” i.e. practice self-denial; νηστεία, nēsteı́a, νηστεύειν, nēsteúein)
Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
1. Abstinence from food; properly a total abstinence, but it is used also for an abstinence from particular kinds of food, for a certain time.
Abstain
Psalms 51:17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Sacrifice
WordWeb Dictionary
SAC'RIFICE, v.i. To make offerings to God by the slaughter and burning of victims, or of some part of them. Exo 3.
Broken
Contrite