Supernatural Fast
A fast divinely enabled by God.
Moses fasted for two periods of 40 days. Deuteronomy 9:9, 18
Elijah did not eat for 40 days. 1 Kings 19:8
Regular/Normal Fast
A refrain from eating all food but continuing to drink liquids.
Jehoshaphat’s fast. 2 Chronicles 20:3
David fasted from food. 2 Samuel 12:21
Jesus did not eat but likely drank. Matthew 4:2
Absolute/Full/Total Fast
No food and no drink.
Ninevites and animals did not eat or drink. Jonah 3:5-10
Fast from eating and drinking. Esther 4:15-16; Ezra 10:6
Saul neither ate nor drank. Acts 9:9
Partial Fast
A restriction that omits a specific meal or type of food from the diet.
Ate no delicacies or meat. Daniel 10:2-3
