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Lexicon :: Strong's G1859 - heortē

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ἑορτή
Transliteration
heortē (Key)
Pronunciation
heh-or-tay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
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Strong’s Definitions

ἑορτή heortḗ, heh-or-tay'; of uncertain affinity; a festival:—feast, holyday.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G1859 in the following manner: feast (26x), holy day (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G1859 in the following manner: feast (26x), holy day (1x).

  1. a feast day, festival

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἑορτή heortḗ, heh-or-tay'; of uncertain affinity; a festival:—feast, holyday.
STRONGS G1859:
ἑορτή, -ῆς, ἡ, Sept. for חָג; Greek writings from Homer down; in Herodotus ὁρτή; a feast day, festival: Luke 2:42; John 5:1; John 6:4; John 7:2, 37; Colossians 2:16; ἡ ἑορτὴ τοῦ πάσχα: Luke 2:41 [Winers Grammar, 215 (202); Buttmann, 186 (161)]; John 13:1; equivalent to ἡ ἑορτὴ τῶν ἀζύμων, Luke 22:1; ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, during the feast, Matthew 26:5; Mark 14:2; John 4:45; John 7:11; John 12:20; εἶναι ἐν τῇ ἑορτῇ, to be engaged in celebrating the feast, John 2:23, cf. Baumg.-Crusius and Meyer at the passage; εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν, for the feast, John 13:29; ἀναβαίνειν (to Jerusalem) εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν, John 7:8, 10; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τὴν ἑορτήν, John 4:45; John 11:56; John 12:12; τῆς ἑορτῆς μεσούσης, in the midst of the feast, John 7:14; κατὰ ἑορτήν, at every feast [see κατά, II. 3 a. β.], Matthew 27:15; Mark 15:6; Luke 23:17 [Rec.]; τὴν ἑορτὴν ποιεῖν to keep, celebrate, the feast, Acts 18:21 [Rec.]; κατὰ τὸ ἔθος τῆς ἑορτῆς, after the custom of the feast, Luke 2:42.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
27:15; 26:5
Mark
14:2; 15:6
Luke
2:41; 2:42; 2:42; 22:1; 23:17
John
2:23; 4:45; 4:45; 5:1; 6:4; 7:2; 7:8; 7:10; 7:11; 7:14; 7:37; 11:56; 12:12; 12:20; 13:1; 13:29
Acts
18:21
Colossians
2:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1859 matches the Greek ἑορτή (heortē),
which occurs 25 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:5 - But they said, “It must not be during the festival (Passover), otherwise there might be a riot among the people.”

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Now at the feast [of the Passover] the governor was in the habit of setting free any one prisoner whom the people chose.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:2 - but they were saying, “Not during the festival, for the people might riot.”

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Now at the [Passover] feast Pilate used to set free for them any one prisoner whom they requested.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:41 -

Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year for the Passover Feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:42 - And when He was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem, according to the custom of the Feast;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:1 -

Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called the Passover, was approaching.

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Now when He was in Jerusalem at the Passover feast, many believed in His name [identifying themselves with Him] after seeing His signs (attesting miracles) which He was doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:45 - So when He arrived in Galilee, the Galileans [fn]welcomed Him, since they had seen all the things that He did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they too came to the feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 5:1 -

Later on there was a Jewish feast (festival), and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 6:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:4 - Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was approaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:2 - Now the Jewish [fn]Feast of Tabernacles (Booths) was approaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:8 - “Go up to the feast yourselves. I am not going up to this feast because My time has not yet fully come.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:10 -

But [afterward], when His brothers had gone up to the feast, He went up too, not publicly [with a caravan], but quietly [because He did not want to be noticed].

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:11 - So the Jews kept looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:14 -

When the feast was already half over, Jesus went up into the temple [court] and began to teach.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:37 -

Now on the last and most important day of the feast, Jesus stood and called out [in a loud voice], “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink!

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:56

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:56 - So they were looking for Jesus as they stood in the temple [area], and saying among themselves, “What do you think? Will He not come to the feast at all?”

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The next day, when the large crowd who had come to the Passover feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

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Now there were some Greeks (Gentiles) among those who were going up to worship at the feast;

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Now before the Passover Feast, Jesus knew that His hour had come [and it was time] for Him to leave this world and return to the Father. Having [greatly] loved His own who were in the world, He loved them [and continuously loves them with His perfect love] to the end (eternally).

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:29 - Some thought that, since Judas [as the treasurer of the group] had the money box, Jesus was telling him, “Buy what we need for the feast,” or that he was to [fn]give something to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 2:16 -

Therefore let no one judge you in regard to food and drink or in regard to [the observance of] a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day.

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