Strong's Lexicon
G3957 — πάσχα
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3957 |
|---|---|
| Word: | πάσχα |
| Part of Speech: | Aramaic |
| Etymology: | of Chaldee origin |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 29 |
| Transliteration: | pascha |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | pas'-khah |
| Meaning: | 1. the Passover (the meal, the day, the festival or the special sacrifices connected with it) |
| KJV Renderings: | Easter, Passover |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πάσχα, τό (Chaldean ôÄÌñÀçÈà, Hebrew ôÆÌñÇç, from ôÈÌñÇç, to pass over, to pass over by sparing; the Sept. also constantly use the Chaldean form πάσχα, except in 2 Chron. (and Jer 38:8 ()) where it is φασεκ; Josephus has φασκα, Antiquities 5, 1, 4; 14, 2, 1; 17, 9, 13; b. j. 2, 1, 3), an indeclinable noun (Winers Grammar, § 10, 2); properly, a passing over;
1. the paschal sacrifice (which was accustomed to be offered for the people’s deliverance of old from Egypt), or
2. the paschal lamb, i. e. the lamb which the Israelites were accustomed to slay and eat on the fourteenth day of the month Nisan (the first month of their year) in memory of that day on which their fathers, preparing to depart from Egypt, were bidden by God to slay and eat a lamb, and to sprinkle their door-posts with its blood, that the destroying angel, seeing the blood, might pass over their dwellings (Exo 12:1-51; Num 9:1-23; Deu 16:1-22): θύειν τό πάσχα (δΗτΖρΗη ùÈÑçÇè), Mar 14:12; Luk 22:7, (Exo 12:21); Christ crucified is likened to the slain paschal lamb, 1Co 5:7; φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, Mat 26:17; Mar 14:12; Mar 14:14; Luk 22:11; Luk 22:15; Joh 18:28; הָפֶסַח àÈëÇì, 2>Ch 30:17 f.
3. the paschal supper: ἑτοιμάζειν τό πάσχα, Mat 26:19; Mar 14:16; Luk 22:8; Luk 22:13; ποιεῖν τό πάσχα to celebrate the paschal meal, Mat 26:18.
4. the paschal festival, the feast of Passover, extending from the fourteenth to the twentieth day of the month Nisan: Mat 26:2; Mar 14:1; Luk 2:41; Luk 22:1; Joh 2:13; Joh 2:23; Joh 6:4; Joh 11:55; Joh 12:1; Joh 13:1; Joh 18:39; Joh 19:14; Act 12:4; πεποίηκε τό πάσχα he instituted the Passover (of Moses), Heb 11:28 (cf. Winers Grammar, 272 (256); Buttmann, 197 (170)); γίνεται τό πάσχα the Passover is celebrated (R. V. cometh), Mat 26:2. (See BB. DD. under the word ; Dillmann in Schenkel iv., p. 392ff; and on the question of the relation of the Last Supper to the Jewish Passover, see (in addition to references in BB. DD. as above) Kirchner, die Jüdische Passahfeier u. Jesu letztes Mahl. Gotha, 1870; Keil, Com. über Matth., pp. 513-528; J. B. McClellan, The N. T. etc. i., pp. 473-494; but especially Schürer, Ueber φαγεῖν τό πάσχα, akademische Festschrift (Giessen, 1883).)
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Englishman's Greek Concordance
πάσχα (Easter)
Matthew 26:2
- KJV: Ye know that after two days is the passover and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified
- GK: οίδατε ότι μετά δύο ημέρας το πάσχα γίνεται και ο υιός του ανθρώπου παραδίδοται εις το σταυρωθήναι
Matthew 26:17
- KJV: Now the first of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus saying unto him Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover
- GK: τη δε πρώτη των αζύμων προσήλθον οι μαθηταί τω Ιησού λέγοντες αυτώ που θέλεις ετοιμάσωμέν σοι φαγείν το πάσχα
Matthew 26:18
- KJV: And he said Go into the city to such a man and say unto him The Master saith My time is at hand I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples
- GK: ο δε είπεν υπάγετε εις την πόλιν προς τον δείνα και είπατε αυτώ ο διδάσκαλος λέγει ο καιρός μου εγγύς εστι προς σε ποιώ το πάσχα μετά των μαθητών μου
Matthew 26:19
- KJV: And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them and they made ready the passover
- GK: και εποίησαν οι μαθηταί ως συνέταξεν αυτοίς ο Ιησούς και ητοίμασαν το πάσχα
Mark 14:1
- KJV: After two days was the passover and of unleavened bread and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft and put to death
- GK: ην δε το πάσχα και τα άζυμα μετά δύο ημέρας και εζήτουν οι αρχιερείς και οι γραμματείς πως αυτόν εν δόλω κρατήσαντες αποκτείνωσιν
Mark 14:12
- KJV: And the first day of unleavened bread when they killed the passover his disciples said unto him Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover
- GK: και τη πρώτη ημέρα των αζύμων ότε το πάσχα έθυον λέγουσιν αυτώ οι μαθηταί αυτού που θέλεις απελθόντες ετοιμάσομεν ίνα φάγης το πάσχα
Mark 14:14
- KJV: And wheresoever he shall go in say ye to the goodman of the house The Master saith Where is the guestchamber where I shall eat the passover with my disciples
- GK: και όπου εάν εισέλθη είπατε τω οικοδεσπότη ότι ο διδάσκαλος λέγει που εστι το κατάλυμα όπου το πάσχα μετά των μαθητών μου φάγω
Mark 14:16
- KJV: And his disciples went forth and came into the city and found as he had said unto them and they made ready the passover
- GK: και εξήλθον οι μαθηταί αυτού και ήλθον εις την πόλιν και εύρον καθώς είπεν αυτοίς και ητοίμασαν το πάσχα
Luke 2:41
- KJV: Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the passover
- GK: και επορεύοντο οι γονείς κατ΄ έτος εις Ιερουσαλήμ τη εορτή του πάσχα
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