Strong's Lexicon

G1858

G1858 — ἑορτάζω

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekheortazoverbOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G1858
Word:ἑορτάζω
Part of Speech:verb
Etymology:from G1859
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:heortazo
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:heh-or-tad'-zo
Meaning:1. to observe a festival
KJV Renderings:keep the feast

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑορτάζω; (ἑορτή); to keep a feast-day, celebrate a festival: 1Co 5:8, on which passage see ἄζυμος. (the Sept. for çÈâÇâ; Euripides, Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, others; ὁρτάζω, Herodotus.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἑορτάζω (keep the feast)

1 Corinthians 5:8

KJV: Therefore let us keep the feast not with old leaven neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness but with the unleavened of sincerity and truth
GK: ώστε εορτάζωμεν μη εν ζύμη παλαιά μηδέ εν ζύμη κακίας και πονηρίας αλλ΄ εν αζύμοις ειλικρινείας και αληθείας
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